"It is a steadfast truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow."

"It is a radiant truth that love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude."

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

"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active endurance with a calm countenance. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals."

"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office."

"Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers."

"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business."