An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life.

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.