All experience is an arch, to build upon.

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

It is none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!

There is no education like adversity.

Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire.

Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.

You will learn that no matter how many pieces your heart was broken into, the world will not stop for you to fix it.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

Put your greatest possession on the tallest shelf, so if you fall you have something to reach for.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

Failure is part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature; it is our future that lays down the law of our today.

If you want a new idea, read an old book.

I've learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

The planet does not need more “successful people.” The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.