I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

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.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.