Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men.

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.

Is anything too hard for the Lord? (Genesis 18:14)

The chance you take, may turn out to be the best decision you ever made." LJB

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No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die.

Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.

I soon came to the point where I didn't know whether my smiling face was a lie or not. -Lavi

It is a wise provision that youth cannot see what it owes the previous generation. This is a chicken that comes back to roost in heavier years.

There's 150,000 students here from the Middle East. If 40% of them have overstayed their visa, don't we need to know where they are, what they're doing, are they obeying our rules?

Best friends are people you know you don't need to talk to every single day. You don't even need to talk to each other for weeks, but when you do, it's like you never stopped talking.