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

“One can never consent to creep when one feels the copmpulsion to soar.”

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ”

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy, and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.”

“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight... When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.”

“There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.”

“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.”

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable.”

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the horizon of the spirit.”

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

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”

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

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

“It is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.”