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.

There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve a Madonna. He was about to give up in despair, leaving the vision of his life unrealized, when in a dream he was bidden to carve his Madonna from a block of oak wood which was destined for the fire. He obeyed and produced a masterpiece from a log of common firewood. Many of us lose great opportunities in life by waiting to find sandalwood for our carvings, when they really lie hidden in the common logs that we burn.

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.

Character is a mark cut upon something, and this indelible mark determines the only true value of all people and all their work.

Every child should be taught to expect success

He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf; eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Such a man makes every acre of land in his community worth more, and makes richer every man who lives near him.