I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.