“My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.”

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.

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.

The greatest benefit of depression is the fact that when I have talked about it, every so often someone comes up and says, you saved my dad’s life.

The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

I had a friend, who was abused by her dad. I made a vow to myself that I’d never hurt my daughter.

My brother has not spoken to me in years. Something to do with Donald Trump or Jesus Christ or our horrible stepfather.

Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?

During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.

My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I’ll be forever grateful.

My dad had been shortstop when he was in college, and you know, when you’re a kid, you want to be just like your dad.