All the resources we need are in the mind.

From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy qualities of body and mind, for the lack of which no merely negative virtue can ever atone.

I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.