He who fears the sun will not become chief.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

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.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.