For too many of us ease is far more soul-destroying than trouble.

When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.

To me life means the growing of a soul. I do not know why this duty is imposed upon us. I merely know that it is, and I feel that we are given much latitude of free will.

Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.

There is romance in coffee. It comes from the ends of the earth, and goes to the far corners of man's habitation.

It takes real courage to do battle in the unspectacular task. We always listen for the applause of our co-workers. He is courageous who plods on, unlettered and unknown.... In the last analysis it is this courage, developing between man and his limitations, that brings success.

The small perplexities of small minds eddy and boil about you. Confident from the experience that has led you out of these same dangers, you attack each problem as it appears, unafraid.