Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are also necessary to the full and many-sided development of a fine race.
Fertile plains, every foot of ...
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Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!”
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far than the successful statesman, or business man, or artist, or scientist.
