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.'

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.

The world makes way for the man with an idea.

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.

The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.

Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.