“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Courage“There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”
History“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Courage“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.”
Good“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.”
Age“Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.”
Great“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.”
Good“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.”
Great“No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.”
Great“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
Freedom“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
Car“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.”
Work“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”
Courage“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
Best“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
Society“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.”
Best“The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.”
Women“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
Best“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.”
Politics“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”
Politics“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Inspirational“The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.”
Attitude