Act is the blossom of thought; and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and biter fruitage of his own husbandry

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears.

Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween.

God only knows what else is on the web about me.

The highest compliments leaders can receive are those that are given by the people who work for them.

Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.

I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement.

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.

Without English art, I never would have understood myself, my own family, or the New England world I lived in.