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We want men who will fix their eyes on the stars, but who will not forget that their feet must walk on the ground.
From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.
If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?
Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law
...let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.
Anything that encourages pauperism, anything that relaxes the manly fiber and lowers self-respect, is an unmixed evil.
Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.
It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more.
The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.
Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains.
Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.
More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.
In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.
Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.
In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.
The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.
A revolution is sometimes necessary, but if revolutions become habitual the country in which they take place is going down-hill
Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.
I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.
Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.
We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.
...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.
We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.
Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.