There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.

There’s a vastness here and I believe that the people who are born here breathe that vastness into their soul. They dream big dreams and think big thoughts, because there is nothing to hem them in.

In all my travels I have never seen the hospitality of San Francisco equalled anywhere in the world.

To be haunted by past failures or satisfied with past successes is to arrest forward motion.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts.

The practice of charity will bind us...will bind all men in one great brotherhood.