Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim".