I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.

I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country.

If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.

No man can feel the iron which enters another man's soul.