Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
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.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
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.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.