Quotations and Poems

» Achievement » “Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.”

» Anger » “A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.”

» Anxiety » “It has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.”

» Arrogance » “None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.”

» Change » “It is not well to make great changes in old age.”

» Character » “A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble”

» Enemies » “Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.”

» Fashion » “You must be in fashion is the utterance of weak headed mortals.”

» Giving » “Giving is true having.”

» Happiness » “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

» Hypocrisy » “When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within.”

» Individuality » “It is said that if Noah’s ark had to be built by a company; they would not have laid the keel yet; and it may be so. What is many men’s business is nobody’s business. The greatest things are accomplished by individual men.”

» Laziness » “There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.”

» Leaders and Leadership » “It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.”

» Learning » “The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.”

» Luck » “Luck generally comes to those who look for it, and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybody’s door, but if industry does not open it luck goes away.”

» Money » “Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.”

» Newspapers » “No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.”

» Perseverance » “Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.”

» Perseverance » “By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”

» Prophecy » “We are all at times unconscious prophets.”

» Sincerity » “Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.”

» Success » “The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.”

» Suffering » “No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.”

» Trials » “Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.”

» Trials » “The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.”

» Trust » “Trust in the person’s promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.”

» Wisdom » “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”

» Wish and Wishing » “The wishing gate opens into nothing.”

» Worry » “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”