Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

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.

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

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.

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.

Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.