The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of th….

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing..

Where there is a will there is a way..

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles..

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions..

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them..

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted..

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever..

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never ….

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us..

It's not enough to have a dream, Unless you're willing to pursue it. It's not enough to know what's right, Unless you're strong enough to do it. It's….

All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must f….

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer k….

Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace..

Home is the first and most important school of character. It is there that every human being receives his best moral training, or his worst; for it i….

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them..

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of n….

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at le….

Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness..

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could ne….

A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting itself in nation….