 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 made a mistake never made a discovery. |
| The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. |
| Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. |
| The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. |
| Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step. |
| The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors. |
| The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted. |
| Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. |
| Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers. |
| It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. |
| Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own. |
| Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. |
