I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do.

Cut off as I am, it is inveitable that I should sometimes feel like a shadow walking in a shadowy world. When this happens I ask to be taken to New York City. Always I return home weary, but I have the comforting certainly that mankind is real and I myself am not a dream.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart.

We may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed an uncharted land or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.

I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for the right things.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backward while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance its allotted length.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow