“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.

It tires me to talk to rich men. You expect a man of millions, the head of a great industry, to be a man worthhearing; but as a rule they don’t know anything outside their own business.

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Nothing worth having comes easy.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.

The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others.

It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

They say hard work never hurt anybody, but I figure why take the chance.

Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.

I’ve heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance?

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.

I’m quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and get to know them better.

The only chance women have for justice in this country is to violate the law, as I have done, and as I shall continue to do.

Studies have shown kids have a greater chance for lifelong success if they know how to read by the third grade.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.