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

A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.

In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.

All the resources we need are in the mind.

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.