Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Success in life, in anything, depends upon the number of persons that one can make himself agreeable to.
A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner.
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is these qualities that distinguish the strong soul from the weak.
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
My books are friends that never fail me.