"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it."

"The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves."

"Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully."

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."

"I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it."

"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."

"Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blowwom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity."

"How you treat others is a direct reflection of how you feel about yourself."

"Life is not a laughing matter, but can you imagine having to live without laughing."

"Even the great get greater by doing more of it."