Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big.
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.