What I am to be, I am becoming.

In name we had the Declaration of Independence in 1776; but we gave the lie by our acts to the words of the Declaration of Independence until 1865; and words count for nothing except in so far as they represent acts.

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.

All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune-make for a finer, nobler type of manhood.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.