Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

It is idleness that is the curse of man - not labour. Idleness eats the heart out of men as of nations, and consumes them as rust does iron.

Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Work is one of the best educators of practical character.