We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged.

Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

Earth and Sky, Woods and Fields, Lakes and Rivers, the Mountain and the Sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.

Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.