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 have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up

Habit is a form of exercise.

All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.