Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made.

It may be that 'the voice of the people is the voice of God' in fifty one cases out of a hundred, but in the remaining forty nine it is quite as likely to be the voice of the devil, of, what is still worse, the voice of a fool.

The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude... men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.