My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.

Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.

Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.

Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.