There is apt to be a lunatic fringe among the votaries of any forward movement.

No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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.

All the resources we need are in the mind.