“The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.”

“The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.”

“Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.”

“Into the soul of every student I would have instilled the patriotic fervor of Patrick Henry.”

“Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.”

“Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!”

“Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct that life is God's greatest gift to man.”

“The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, is to deprive one's self of the real joy of living.”

“As with companions so with books. We may choose those which will make us better, more intelligent, more appreciative of the good and the beautiful in the world, or we may choose the trashy, the vulgar, the obscene, which will make us feel as though we've been 'wallowing in the mire.”

“The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.”

“True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.”