“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can’t beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.

The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humor.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

To a young heart everything is fun.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.

My eyes are a blessing yet in times like this I envy the blind.

My roots touched mother earth and she blessed me with her color. Brown skin is beautiful.

And as the sun smiles to bless this new day, I inhale life, and journey on.

You’ll either learn a lesson or gain a blessing, either way, done stressing.

Leave all hurt in the past to let love in. Hopeful. Don’t block your blessings.

It’s both a blessing and a curse to feel so much.

The past has taught me some lessons so today I’m counting my blessings I promise I’ll do more than just survive every moment I’m grateful that I’m alive.

It’s a filthy world blessed are those who leave here with their hands clean.