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Not from space must I seek my dignity, but from the ruling of my thought.

Life is not only short, but uncertain, and art is not only long, but absorbing.

In this time of doubt, they look to the United States as never before for good will, strength, and wise leadership.

It is my service to think how I can best fulfil the demands that each day makes upon me, and to rejoice that others can do what I cannot.

The optimist cannot fall back, cannot falter; for he knows his neighbor will be hindered by his failure to keep in line.

If we do not watch, we lose our opportunities; if we do not make haste, we are left behind; our best hours escape us, the worst are to come.

it must be from one man that it receives its institutions at first, and upon one man that all similar reconstruction must depend

Success is jealous of scattered energies.

Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care.

What is done in business must be well done; for it is better to accomplish perfectly a small amount of work, than to half-do ten times as much.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us.

our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn