Play is a sacred thing, a divine ordinance, for developing in the child a harmonious and healthy organism, and preparing that organism for the commen….

Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore..

God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men wh….

My idea of the Christian religion is, that it is an inspiration and its vital consequences--an inspiration and a life--God's life breathed into a man….

A life in any sphere that is the expression and outflow of an honest, earnest, loving heart, taking counsel only of God and itself, will be certain t….

The pleasant converse of the fireside, the simple songs of home, the words of encouragement as I bend over my school-tasks, the kiss as I lie down to….

All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and d….

The love that gushes for all is the real elixir of life - the fountain of bodily longevity. It is the lack of this that always produces the feeling o….

Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its sum….

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest..

That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures..

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will..

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries..

The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience..

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work..

I look into your great brown eyes, where love and loyal homage shine, and wonder where the difference lies between your soul and mine!..

A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them..

Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty..

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power..

The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments..

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him..