"Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure."
"To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
"A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."
"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."