In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
—William McKinley (American Head of State)
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often he has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
—Harvey Samuel Firestone (American Businessperson)
It is wonderful what strength and boldness of purpose and energy will come from the feeling that we are in the way of duty.
—John Foster Dulles (American Lawyer)
Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day affairs of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.
—Theodore Roosevelt (American Head of State)
True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
—George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (English Political leader)