“A truly educated man never ceases to learn.”

Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.

We’ve got to have a little humor in our lives. You had better take seriously that which should be taken seriously but, at the same time, we can bring in a touch of humor now and again. If the time ever comes when we can’t smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

I know your lives are busy. I know that you have much to do. But I make you a promise that if you will go to the house of the Lord, you will be blessed; life will be better for you.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

The cause of most of man’s unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Gratitude is a sign of maturity, Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That’s much better than watching television, much better. They won’t get very much out of television except some bad thoughts.

In all this world there is no substitute for personal integrity. It includes honor. It includes performance. It includes keeping one’s word. It includes doing what is right regardless of the circumstances

If you go to bed at 10:00 and get up by 6:00 A.M., things will work out for you.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. It’s your choice

Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.

I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?

I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for the greater good.

Writing is something you’ll never learn in any university or at any school. It’s something that is within you, and if it isn’t there, nothing can put it there.

The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.

A boy has to peddle his book.

All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.

It is personal. That’s what an education does. It makes the world personal.

The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.