The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.

We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.