Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.