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.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.