Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…