Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. The louder he talked of his honesty, the quicker we counted the silverware.

Every action has an ancestor of a thought.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth.

Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.