Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.  

The girl is poised against a changing world, and yet represents a sense of permanence in a world that is mutable. She has some simple secrets and her life is just a source of missed times.

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. 

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

Never, never, never give up. 

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. 

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.