All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.
Charles William EliotBe unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
Charles William EliotLet us remember that the times which future generations delight to recall are not those of ease and prosperity, but those of adversity bravely borne.
Charles William EliotI recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an accurate and refined use of the mother tongue.
Charles William Eliot