Unless a man is accustomed to trust to his own resources, his talents will never be fully developed; he will never gain that quickness of perception, that promptness of decision, that readiness of action that are essential to the successful conduct of affairs.
In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves, or their powers.
Most evil is perverted good. For instance, extravagance is generosity carried to excess. Revenge is sometimes a sense of justice which has put no restraint upon itself.
…be temperate in all thy religious notions, in love, in wine, in all things, and of a peaceful heart with thy fellows.
Temperance is not only a virtue in itself; it is also the guard and girdle… of all the other virtues
The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it.
No experience is without value; sorrow and suffering, the battle of adverse circumstances, afford the richest discipline of all.
The glory and the glow of life come by right living.
Courage is adversity’s lamp. True courage fears nothing but sin.
Heroic souls in old times had no more opportunities than we have; but they used them.
