"A man's rootage is more important than..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.
More by Woodrow Wilson
“There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.”
“The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.”
“I lived a dream life (almost too exclusively, perhaps) when I was a lad and even now my thought goes back for refreshment to thosedays when all the world seemed to be a place of heroic adventure in which one's heart must keep its own counsel.”
More on Character
“He wa'n't no common dog, he wa'n't no mongrel; he was a composite. A composite dog is a dog that is made up of all the valuable qualities that's in the dog breed-kind of a syndicate; and a mongrel is made up of all riffraff that's left over.”
“Self conquest is the greatest of victories.”
“Marriage and the up-bringing of children in the home require as well-trained a mind and as well-disciplined a character as any other occupation that might be considered a career.”