Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.
Clothes and manners do not make the man but when he is made they greatly improve his appearance.
It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.
I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation and there must be a vent.
Fear is a kind of bell or gong which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand and a machine is but a complex tool. He that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well being of mankind.
