Nothing is so certain as that the evils of idleness can be shaken off by hard work.

Actions are right in proportion as they promote happiness, wrong as the produce the reverse.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come.

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

What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now.

The perils of overwork are slight compared to the dangers of inactivity.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.