A successful life for a man or for a woman seems to me to lie in the knowledge that one has developed to the limit the capacities with which one was endowed; that one has contributed something constructive to family and friends and to a home community; that one has brought happiness wherever it was possible; that one has earned one's way in the world, has kept some friends, and need not be ashamed to face oneself honestly.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.

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

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

it is harder to be philosophical when you are young.

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