Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. ... It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other.

Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.