We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.