“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
History“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
Inspirational“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
History“Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.”
Death“I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.”
Work“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“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
Freedom“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.”
Politics“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“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”
Peace“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”
Leadership“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
Courage“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“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.”
Age“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“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”
Men“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
Society“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
Work“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
Life“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“The government is us we are the government, you and I.”
Government“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”
Politics