In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

It seems to me probable that of all our economic life the element on which we are inclined to place too low an estimate is advertising.

To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to the welfare of humanity.

Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope-nothing of man.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.