"It is not the eye that sees, but the heart that feels."

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

"The welfare of the workers is the first consideration."

"I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness."