Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

Modest egotism is the salt of conversation; you do not want too much of it, but if it is altogether omitted, everything tastes flat.

O' who will walk with me along lifes merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, who dares to laugh out loud and free.

We may be able to tell how many stars are in the Milky Way; we may be able to count the petals of every flower, and number the bones of every bird; but unless faith leads us to a deeper understanding, a more reverent comprehension of the significance of the universe, God can be no more pleased with our knowledge than the painter is pleased with the fly which touches his picture with its feelers, and sips the varnish from the surface, and dies without dreaming of the meaning, thought, feeling, embodied in the colors.

There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it.

Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.