The only prosperity the people can afford to be satisfied with is the kind that lasts

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.

A scatterbrain is one who never has an unspoken thought.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

Experience is the thing of supreme value".