Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it

Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it

It may be that without a vision men shall die. It is no less true that, without hard practical sense, they shall also die. Without Jefferson the new nation might have lost its soul. Without Hamilton it would assuredly have been killed in body.

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.