About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.

You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

I think the thing we must look for actually is a growth in our people and in whoever comes in a quality of courage to tell our people just what world conditions are.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

You achieve strength, braveness and confidence by each experience in which you really halt to search dread during the deal with