We must not only become reliable, progressive, skillful and intelligent, but we must keep the idea constantly before our youths that all forms of labor, whether with the hand or head, are honorable.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

Stop trying to make a living and begin to live

Your thoughts define the boundaries of your life. Think big.

If you listen to wise sayings, you will have a bright future.

When you step on the first tee it doesn't matter what you look like. ... It doesn't help your 5-iron if you're pretty.

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

Don't take things too seriously.

Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream.

It wasn't exactly that Lula was fat. It was more that she was too short for her weight." - Stephanie Plum

Je sais de quelles petitesses meurent les plus grandes amours. I know how pettiness ruins the greatest loves.

I voted to send people to war.