He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin.
Thought, true labor of any kind, highest virtue itself, is it not the daughter of Pain?
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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.
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.