A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. |
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. |
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. |
The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher. |
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. |
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. |
Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. |
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. |
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward. |
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. |
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. |
We are not punished for our sins, but by them. |
No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day. |
A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself. |
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. |
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used. |
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. |
The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. |
The thing we fear we bring to pass. |
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. |