When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted

You should always own a black dress because no one ever remembers a black dress.

I often wonder how we can make the more fortunate in this country fully aware of the fact that the problem of the unemployed is not a mechanical one. It is a problem alive and throbbing with human pain.

In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.

You do the things that need to be done according to priority.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it. If you fail anywhere along the line it will take away your confidence. You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.