"Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.

Life is simple, just be yourself.

In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national .

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

The job of the evangelist is never easy.

the function of militarism is to kill. It cannot live except through murder.

All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't; Thrice I guessed wrong, And I kept my credit on.

Styles become dated. Style doesn't.

I believe we came from nowhere. We show up, and we are now here. It's all the same. It just is a question of spacing.