No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother’s bosom, but it is always on her heart.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself.
Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.
That endless book, the newspaper, is our national glory.
A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.