There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

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

If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.

The heart's earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled.

When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

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.