The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.

There are certain people who so ardently and passionately desire a thing, that from dread of losing it they leave nothing undone to make them lose it.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

If you believe in yourself anything is possible.

Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.

I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific calling.

The secret of success lies never in the amount of money, but in the relation of income to outgo.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

Newspapers necessarilyand inevitably reflect, and therefore, in greater or lesser measure, intensify, the defective organization of public opinion.