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

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

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

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

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

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.

National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice.