“I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.

Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.

A tendancy to melancholy – let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell that can’t.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then, find the way.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.