“I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.”

“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”

“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”

“I have seen your dispatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke...”

“I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.”