Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right.

Let us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.

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