The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

With self-discipline, all things are possible

Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

A man's usefulness depends on his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune, make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.