Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days during their early adult life. Darkness would make them more appreciative of sight; silence would teach them the joys of sound.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Happiness is like the mountain summit. It is sometimes hidden by clouds, but we know it is there.

Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.