Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.