The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.

With will one can do anything.

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.