There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Woodrow Wilson More Quotes by Woodrow Wilson More Quotes From Woodrow Wilson When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty. Woodrow Wilson bible happiness love We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act. Woodrow Wilson this-world stills world America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men. Woodrow Wilson 4th-of-july men america Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. Woodrow Wilson great-men habit character Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God. Woodrow Wilson trust-in-god perfect work The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States. Woodrow Wilson united-states government masters Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow. Woodrow Wilson saving procrastination today The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. Woodrow Wilson financial money way The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. Woodrow Wilson perseverance adversity strength You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape. Woodrow Wilson noon experience twilight Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt. Woodrow Wilson grandmother political doubt There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains. Woodrow Wilson brain ideas knowledge War is only a sort of dramatic representation, a sort of dramatic symbol of a thousand forms of duty. I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you. Woodrow Wilson shooting men war May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised. Woodrow Wilson presidential men believe Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are. Woodrow Wilson pride military men We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. Woodrow Wilson passion rights men It must be a peace without victory... Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last. Woodrow Wilson memories war mean If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle. Woodrow Wilson christian home children Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. Woodrow Wilson patriotic heart men One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived. Woodrow Wilson preaching divinity proof