“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”
“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
“Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom.”
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”
“Facts are stubborn things.”
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.”
“Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.”
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.”
“You don't take a photograph, you make it.”
“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”