In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest, because the road's last turn will be the best.