With self-discipline, all things are possible

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.