I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another's good, and bearing one another's burdens.
The things that hurt us teach us.
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
The diameter of each day is measured by the stretch of thought - not by the rising and setting of the sun.
The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us
Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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