When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply 'Ours.'
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Babies are such a nice way to start people.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
We love without reason, and without reason we hate.
When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself.
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.
Often I have found that the one thing that can save is the thing which appears most to threaten ... one has to go down into what one most fears and in that process ... comes a saving flicker of light and energy that, even if it does not produce the courage of a hero, at any rate enables a trembling mortal to take one step further.
Find a need and fill it.
It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.
When something good happens, it's a miracle, and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
Fear, desire, hope still push us on toward the future.
Mary had a little lamb It's fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.
Who friendship with a knave hath made, Is judged a partner in the trade.
Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.