Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
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.
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don’t flinch, don’t fall; hit the line hard.
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.