Prayer and comfortable living are incompatible.

Were there no God$$$ we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts$$$ and no one thank.

The more I see the better satisfied I am that I am an American; free born and free bred$$$ where I acknowledge no man as my superior$$$ except for his own worth$$$ or as my inferior$$$ except for his own demerit.

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance$$$ and that in the end$$$ progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life$$$ and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.