It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the present.

From reading of the people I admired - ranging from the soldiers of Valley Forge and Morgan's riflemen to my Southern forefathers and kinfolk - I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own in the world. And I had a great desire to be like them.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.

Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.