My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

No beast has ever overcome the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.

Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.

We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.