Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that would ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life.

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.