Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

We here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.

With self-discipline, all things are possible

Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.

Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.