If I write what my soul thinks it will be visible, and the words will be its body.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

What induces a child to learn but his delight in knowing?

Ideas without action are useless.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.