To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.
~ Johann Von Goethe
A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.
Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.
Man errs as long as he struggles.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.
Man must strive and in striving he must err.
Faith is hidden household capital.
If you miss the first buttonhole you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.
Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others and in their pleasure takes joy even as though it were his own.
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Whatever necessity lays upon thee endure whatever she commands do.
Austere perseverance harsh and continuous may be employed by the least of us and rarely fails of its purpose for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it and others do just the same with their time.
It is better to do the most trifling thing in the world than to regard half an hour as trifle.
A man should hear a little music read a little poetry and see a fine picture every day of his life in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Time itself is an element.
Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.
As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live.
If God had wanted me otherwise He would have created me otherwise.
He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
Every second is of infinite value.
Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
What you can do or dream you can do begin it boldness has genius power and magic in it.
