Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other.

Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action.

Life is simply time given to man to learn how to live.

Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition of information.

Self-confidence without self-reliance is as useless as a cooking recipe without food. Self-confidence sees the possibilities of the individual; self-reliance realizes them. Self-confidence sees the angel in the unhewn block of marble; self-reliance carves it out for oneself.

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.