One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the called. In the long run, avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.

No nation is wise enough to rule another.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.