“Learn to do the common things uncommonly well.”

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?

There is no short cut to acheivement.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all parts of the world. Even if we gave Him no name at all, He would still be there, within us, waiting to give us good on this earth.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.

Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.

I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit.

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

When I touch that flower, I am not merely touching that flower. I am touching infinity. That little flower existed long before there were human beings on this earth. It will continue to exist for thousands, yes, millions of years to come.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

Education is understanding relationships.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

The hard work you put in will never fail you.

You can’t appreciate the sunshine if you’ve never stood in the rain.

Sometimes, we conquer our days. Other times, we are brave just for making it through.

You surf your own wave, even when the tide is high or low, be keen enough to know that you will be crashing onto your own shore.

Love is meant to inspire you, and add positive energy to your soul. It is not meant to make you feel drained and powerless.

Be mindful of the people you give your time.

Rise up like the empires before. Tell tales of great obstacles overcome. Show others their true glory; and tell them it’s never over, it’s only just begun.

They saw her beaten and broken I saw the birth of a warrior.