Religion crowns the statesman and the man,
Sole source of public and of private peace. [ Young ]

The heart of a statesman should be in his head. [ Napoleon I ]

Love ends with hope: the sinking statesman's door
Pours in the morning worshipper no more. [ Johnson ]

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation. [ James Freeman Clarke ]

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman runs away with the applause. [ Lord Karnes ]

What gunpowder did for war, the printing-press has done for the mind; and the statesman is no longer clad in the steel of special education, but every reading man is his judge. [ Wendell Phillips ]

Two qualities are demanded of a statesman who would direct any great movement of opinion in which he himself takes a part; he must have a complete understanding of the movement itself, and he must be animated by the same motives as those which inspire the movement. [ Lamartine ]

Business is religion, and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force, and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.
The world is God's workshop; the raw materials are His; the ideals and patterns are His; our hands are "the members of Christ," our reward His recognition. Blacksmith or banker, draughtsman or doctor, painter or preacher, servant or statesman, must work as unto the Lord, not merely making a living, but devoting a life. This makes life sacramental, turning its water into wine. This is twice blessed, blessing both the worker and the work. [ Maltbie Babcock ]