Quotations
Ability: No one knows what it is that he can do till he tries./ Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study./ They can because they think they can./ The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Action: Let us do or die./ Let us, then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait./ Actions speak louder than words. Aspiration: Screw your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not fail./ To be, or not to be: that is the question. Beauty: Beauty is but skin deep. Breeding: A man’s own good breeding is his best security against other people’s ill manners. Cause and Effect: Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Change: Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. Charity: Charity begins at home, but should not end there. Choice: A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him. Complaints: Constant complaints never get pity./ They who complain most are most to be complained of. Concentration: Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all the management of human affairs. Confession: An open confession is good for the soul. Confidence: For they can conquer who believe they can. Cooperation: Two heads are better than one. Courtesy: Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.
