Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom.
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step toward something better.
My doctor said I look like a million dollars - green and wrinkled.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
There is no death! the stars go down To rise upon some other shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown, They shine for ever more.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Perfection is out of the question.
You always get negative reactions. If you worry about that, you would never do anything.
Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.
I'm moving down here . . . because some of you in the back might not be able to hear my talk . . . and that wouldn't be fair to those who can hear it.
Time is the arbitrary division of eternity.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right.
Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
No heart thrives without much secret converse with God and nothing will make amends for the want of it.
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.
There's none so blind as they that won't see.
Goodwill... is an immeasurable and tremendous energy, the atomic energy of the spirit.