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

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.