Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.

I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life's luggage.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

Art is nothing; it's a way.