He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

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.

Work is my vacation from worry of what to do with my life

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you

The chains had fallen from her leg, but not from her mind.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies.

Always follow your path, or the road less travelled.

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

Physics as we know it will be over in six months.

Jesus spoke in such a way that the people loved the things of God. That’s why they followed him.