To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.
The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.
When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
No one can afford to look downward for his enjoyments.
Rome endured as long as there were Romans. America will endure as long as we remain American in spirit and in thought.
No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.
Our country is now at war and the only way out is forward. I would not change one word I have spoken against war but that is no longer the issue. We must now stand together.
All war is murder, robbery, trickery, and no nation ever escaped losses of men, prosperity and virility. War knows no victor.