To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

You know, with talented people....They draw people to themselves, and without even trying to, they tear them to shreds.

Some times it is only in our darkest hours that we show our true colours in life.

How long did it take to become a gracious person? One who could accept help and give thanks without being resentful of it?

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.

The phone was her worst enemy and her best friend but she never knew which until she answered it.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.

Just the other day, it seems, the kids were running through the house, slamming doors, breaking glass, making noise. Time goes by so quickly. Sometimes everything seems so fleeting.

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot