Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. ... It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other.

Be heroes in an army of construction.

Life is a daring adventure or nothing.

When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Until the spirit of love for our fellow people, regardless of race, color, or creed, shall fill the world, making real in our lives and our deeds the actuality of human brother- and sisterhood, until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

No nation is wise enough to rule another.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.