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A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.