Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.

If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession as well as to ourselves.

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.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.