It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only by their conduct, we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Don’t you know that four fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would just sit down and keep still?
Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.
The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
The business of America is business.
Civilization and profits go hand in hand.
Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.
It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled.
It seems impossible that any man could adequately describe his mother. I cannot describe mine.