There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. - Theodore Roosevelt

There were all kinds of things of which I was afraid at first, ranging from grizzly bears to “mean” horses and gunfighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid. Most men can have the same experience if they choose.

The State must be made efficient for the work which concerns only the people of the State; and the nation for that which concerns all the people. There must remain no neutral ground to serve as a refuge for lawbreakers, and especially for lawbreakers of great wealth, who can hire the vulpine legal cunning which will teach them how to avoid both jurisdictions.

The greatest happiness is the happiness that comes as a by-product of striving to do what must be done, even though sorrow is met in the doing.