You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and it is important in some respect where he choses to be so or not.