I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

The circumstances that surround a man's life are not important. How that man responds to those circumstances IS IMPORTANT. His response is the ultimate determining factor between success and failure.

There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered.