Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ; spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends; but I rank dividends below human character

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.