Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them [...]
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
College isn’t the place to go for ideas.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, [...]
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
Self-pity is our worst [...]