When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.
When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.
We lend power to the things we fear!
We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.
We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
Keep fear out of your child’s mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.
The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.
Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.
If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.
The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.
How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?
People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young.
Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.
Character: the grandest thing in the world.
Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.
Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.