The worst troubles we ever know are largely imaginary and therefore borrowed.
Fear of the future is cause for too much worry, and worry shortens a man’s days.
Petticoat government, and it’s a good government, has been my redemption—as it is the redeeming feature in the lives of most men.
I have smoked since is was 22 years of age.
It seems to me there has been no material improvement in the condition of humanity since the birth of prohibition.
Character, push and energy is the formula for success.
Women are the stabilizers that keep us steady.
Any woman can be depended upon to make a good helpmate if she is treated with kindness and consideration.
We don’t like to do anything. It is so much easier to sit around and pass away the time.
Americans always want a man to make a speech.
If I had my way I should see to it that every boy in the country had the benefit of army life and its discipline.
No matter where you go, where you are, or what you are doing, you’ll never get the real satisfaction anywhere else that comes when you nestle down in an old armchair at home.
Keep going. That’s the secret.
If we keep in touch with youth we’ll never grow old.
The greatest asset we have is our sense of humor—and we musn’t lose it.
There is not the home life now we knew in the old days.
The schools should have courses which would in the end turn out boys and girls worthy to be called homemakers in the truest sense of the word.
After all is said and done there is nothing sweeter in all the world than home and the making of home.
You’ve got to be born and live and remain in the same place to make friendships that are lasting.
The younger generation thrilled with an adventure that is in most cases decidedly unreal, look with longing eyes for things that just don’t happen. And there you have on reason for some of the unhappiness that exists today.
Bet on America and you cannot lose.
GEN. DAVID S. GORDON
Take your time.
Take plenty of exercise.
Take long periods of rest.
Take things philosophically.
Take an interest in life.
Take a look at what the other fellow is doing.
Take a whirl around the dance floor every now and then.
Cheerfulness is a condition of mind. If a man is cheerful his cheerfulness reflects itself in others. The result is everybody around him feels cheerful and life is a good deal more pleasant when there are smiles.
A man who hasn’t will power will never be able to accomplish anything.
Once you get a good rest, you are adding to your vitality. Next to rest I would place good, substantial food.
I believe every young fellow ought to go to bed early and ought to go to church on Sunday.
Let the young girls have their way. They are all right and I guess they know about what they want.
From the Mount Airy News, June 9, 1921. Chauncy Depew was an attorney businessman and Republican politician who served two terms as United States Senator from New York. He was president of the New York Central Railroad System. April 23, 1834-April 5, 1928. From Chauncey Depew - Wikipedia. Horatio Gibson was a career artillery officer who served in the Civil War. Time Magazine's obituary of him (Monday, April 28, 1924) cited the following:
Died. Brigadier General Horatio Gates Gibson, 97, "oldest living West Pointer"; in Washington. He entered just as Ulysses S. Grant graduated. Due to his slight stature, he was nicknamed "Agnes"—an appellation which clung to him through life. When he was a lieutenant at the battle of Fredericksburg, his sword was cut from his side by a shell; at the end of the Civil War he was a captain in the regulars. A nonagenarian at his daughter's house in Washington, he smoked from six to ten cigars daily. From Horatio Gates Gibson - Wikipedia
1832-1930. U.S. army officer. David S. Gordon was Colonel of the Sixth Cavalry and a veteran of Gen. James Lane's Frontier Guard, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Indian Wars. Gordon, David S. (David Stuart), 1832-1930 - Social Networks and Archival Context (snaccooperative.org)
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