Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.

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.

I can see clearly now, my brain is gone.Lucy

Love never fails but people fails in how to love-Jesus never fails

It is only the man that has done his best that qualifies to ask for God’s protection and blessings. This message must return to our pulpit.

The poet drafts his work as a writer but edits it as a sculptor, with his pen as a chisel and his mind a hammer.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Every accomplishment, every refined talent, every useful attainment in mathematics, music, and in all sciences, and art belong to the Saints.

For some odd reason, I like a man in sweatsuits. Obviously, you want your man to look good in a suit, but I like when men look comfortable, and the swagger just stands out of that.

There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?

For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to determine their own destiny.