A book is a garden; A book is an orchard; A book is a storehouse; A book is a party. It is company by the way; it is a counselor; it is a multitude of counselors.

The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper.

There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.