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

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some new fashion or faith, that heaven is not so near to them as it was to their mothers and grandmothers.

Work is one of the best educators of practical character.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action