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.
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves.
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.