A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty.’

Cowardice is the unpardonable sin in a man.

In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.

It is only through work and strife that either nation or individual moves on to greatness. The great man is always the man of mighty effort, and usually the man whom grinding need has trained to mighty effort.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Do what you can, with what you have, right where you are.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.