“If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.”

America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.

There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class, of necessity, in every society, to forego the privileges of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.

No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.

It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.

The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.

The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.

We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.

There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapoint­ments.

I wasn’t prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.

If you’re poor, you don’t often live near a good school. If it’s a competitive public school program, our kids are not prepared to enter those programs.

Great way to fight a war – be prepared to defend yourself for winning.

We haven’t got a plan so nothing can go wrong!

It’s better to prepare than to repair.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.