No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.

Without continuous effort there cannot be continuous achievement.

Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Doing common things uncommonly well.

Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'

Great men are but common men more fully developed and ripened.