I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.

There is strength in kindness.

Will you be all right?" she askedHow could

There's something quite special about a granny's house. Even if ten or twenty or thirty years go by, you never forget how it smells.

A good friend is someone who can love you like a dog and talk to you like a human.

There's no evidence that says that the money a federation has translates into success. I hope that that will change.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.

The greatest strength a man can achieve is gentleness.