"It is hereby ordered that the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter and lot 4 of section 32, township one south, range 18 west, San Bernardino base and meridian, California, be and they are hereby reserved for light-house purposes, subject to any legal existing rights."
"As a mark of respect to the memory of J. Sterling Morton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture, the President directs that the National flag be displayed at half-mast upon the White House and other feder..."
"It is hereby ordered that the building known as the 'Residence' and the tract of land...be and they are hereby reserved and set apart for the Customs Service."
"The only first-rate work is the work done by the man who does it for the sake of doing it well."
"If he does not have it, no matter what other qualities he may have, he will find himself at the mercy of those who, without possessing his desire to do right, know only too well how to make the wrong ..."
"In the unending strife for civic betterment, small is the use of these people who mean well, but who mean well feebly."
"The timid good man counts but little in the rough business of trying to do well the world's work."
"The only first-rate work is the work done by the man who does it for the sake of doing it well, who counts the deed itself as his reward."
"If a man is strong in mind and body and misuses his strength then he becomes simply a foe to the body politic, to be hunted down by all decent men."
"To you much has been given, and woe and shame to you if we cannot rightfully expect much from you in return."
"Not one in a hundred of us is fit to be in the highest sense a productive scholar, but all of us are entirely fit to do decent service if we care to take the pains."