Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.

It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.