Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.

What we love to do we find time to do.

A liberal education is that which aims to develop faculty without ulterior views of profession or other means of gaining a livelihood. It considers man an end in himself and not an instrument whereby something is to be wrought. Its ideal is human perfection.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.