Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.

It is the spirit of a person that hangs above him like a star in the sky.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

There is a growing sentiment in America that regular saving should be ignored-that the government will take care of people and give them security when they get beyond a certain age or become old and unable to work, but it must be borne in mind that the people who earn and do save, take care of the government! Were it not for the thrifty and the willing workers, the government would be in a bad way.