No ability, no strength and force, no power of intellect or power of wealth, shall avail us, if we have not the root of right living in us.

The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.

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

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.