Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.

While I do not think it was so intended I have always been of the opinion that this turned out to be much the best for me. I had no national experience. What I have ever been able to do has been the result of first learning how to do it. I am not gifted with intuition. I need not only hard work but experience to be ready to solve problems. The Presidents who have gone to Washington without first having held some national office have been at great disadvantage.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Anytime you don't want anything you get it.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than any considerable development of intolerance as regards religion.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.