To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

The world has no room for cowards.

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.