The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

A sure way for one to lift himself up is by helping to lift someone else.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.