I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.

We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn.

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

Let me live according to those holy rules which Thou hast this day prescribed in Thy Holy Word...direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. Bless, O Lord, all the people of this land.

While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals... can possibly be a true Christian.

Discipline is the soul of an army.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.