The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

I am a child of my generation, and I rejoice that I live in such splendidly disturbing times.