My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of all you hold dear depend upon your courage and exertions. Let each man resolve to be victorious, and that the right of self government, liberty and peace shall find him a defender.

Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.

A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.