I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Each day has the potential of being your best day. You decide what each day will bring.

Your true beauty lies in your heart. By all means let the world be inspired by it through your decisions and actions.

You can achieve better health by replacing passive “fix me” behaviors with self-reliant ones—new habits that keep you actively involved in your owncare.

Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.

When I am bored with myself, I try to find someone to listen to me.

Fear is the most costly of all the human emotions, even though most fears have no foundation in fact.

Jesus kept his wounds so that we would experience his mercy. This is our strength and our hope.

I'm a big believer in human nature.

The secret of all success is to know how to deny yourself. Prove that you can control yourself, and you are an educated man; and without this all other education is good for nothing.

When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.