Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.

It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

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