"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be."

"If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbour, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate; to have it makes some difference that you have lived and lived well."