"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to…"

"I have a perfect horror of the man who is all head and no heart."

"The greatest danger that can come to a nation is to have its institutions so encrusted that it cannot change them."

"I have always been a great believer in the power of the individual."

"I have always been fond of the West African proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'"