Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step

Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us

Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles

All experiences of life seems to prove that the impediments thrown in the way of the human advancement may for the most part be overcome by steady good conduct, honest zeal, activity, perseverance and above all, by a determined resolution to surmount

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery

Enthusiasm...the sustaining power of all great action