True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

Almost everything comes from almost nothing.

From every spot on earth we are equally near heaven and the infinite.

The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things.

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.