Life always take on the character of its motive.

He that cannot paint must grind the colors.

If you want learning, you must work for it.

Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.

I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.

Why will you be always sallying out to break lances with other people's wind-mills, when your own is not capable of grinding corn for the horse you ride?

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.