“The true Mason is not the one who is the most learned, but the one who is the most virtuous.”

“Freemasonry is an ancient science of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.”

“To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.”

“In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others.”

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.”

“I am not a great believer in the philosophy that says that a nation is not able to face its problems because it has not had a period of time of great change. In the course of our history we have had many great changes and we have learned how to adapt to them.”

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

“To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.”

“I am persuaded that it will always be my duty, as it has been my wish, to promote and encourage the principles of Freemasonry, which are founded on the noblest and most benevolent precepts.”

“The secret of happiness is the achievement of one’s own personal goals.”

“Nothing in life can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”

“My chief regret in life is that I have not been able to save more of my friends from the paths of error.”

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”

“To myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

“I have always considered that my chief merit lay in having had the good fortune to have had good teachers and to have had the opportunity to observe the working of the best engines.”

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

“I am not a great believer in the philosophy that says that a nation is not able to face its problems because it has not had a period of time of great change. In the course of our history we have had many great changes and we have learned how to adapt to them.”

“The things that make you a man are the things that make you uncomfortable.”

“I believe in the American dream because I have lived it.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”

“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”

“To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”

“I am not one of those who think that an unworthy piece of work can be transformed into a worthy one by a title.”

“Music, even in situations of the greatest gloom, will always help us to remember the divine.”

“The greatest composer does not sit down to write a piece of music without having an idea of the whole.”