The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with dust and sweat; who strives valiantly; who errs and may fall again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

McKinley shows all the background of a chocolate eclair.

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.

It's not the critic that counts.