It is certain that the greatest poets, orators, statesmen, and historians, men of the most brilliant and imposing talents, have labored as hard, if not harder, than day laborers; and that the most obvious reason why they have been superior to other men is that they have taken more pains than other men.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

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

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.

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

Keep fear out of your child's mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.