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.

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.

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.

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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.

A Mason is a person who is a free thinker, who does not accept anything without examination, who tests everything by his own reason, and who follows the dictates of his own conscience.

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

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

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.

A Mason is a person who is a free thinker, who does not accept anything without examination, who tests everything by his own reason, and who follows the dictates of his own conscience.

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

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

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