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

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good fortune as a nation, we, the people of the United States as a whole, can now afford to forget the evil, or, at least, to remember it without bitterness, and to fix our eyes with pride only on the good that was accomplished.

A healthy state can exist only when the men and women who make it up lead clean, vigorous, healthy lives; when the children are so trained that they shall endeavor, not to shirk difficulties, but to overcome them; not to seek ease, but to know how to wrest triumph from toil and risk.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.