The great man is always the man of mighty effort.

Performance should be made square with promise.

Over-sentimentality, over-softness, in fact washiness and mushiness are the great dangers of this age and of this people. Unless we keep the barbarian virtues, gaining the civilized ones will be of little avail.

The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.