Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Confidence…thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Faith in yourself matters.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander.

Do not hide your faith and your beliefs under a bushel basket, especially in this world that seems to have gone mad with political correctness.

Films, football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.

I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

A leader's greatness is found in bringing out greatness in others.

Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.