Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Each day comes to me with both hands full of possibilities.

He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress.

Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

We betray ourselves into smallness when we think the little choices of each day are trivial.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Even more amazing than the wonders of Nature are the powers of the spirit.

Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

If I write what my soul thinks it will be visible, and the words will be its body.