Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in which the civilized world view and revels, only to languish in mediocrity by that very fact. Indeed, the effect of this diffusion is to spread the culture of the mediocre.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better.

Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.