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.

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

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