I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

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.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

Almost every man who has by his life-work added to the sum of human achievement of which the race is proud, of which our people are proud, almost every such man has based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible