Teddy Roosevelt: “Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.”

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.

Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.