“Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.”
Men“When you play, play hard when you work, don't play at all.”
Work“Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.”
Men“Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big.”
Great“The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”
Dreams“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
Success“For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.”
Success“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Courage“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”
Work“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
Best“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”
Peace“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
Best“With self-discipline most anything is possible.”
Inspirational“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”
Learning“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”
Great“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”
Life“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
Work“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“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Inspirational“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
Time“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”
Education“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
Life