“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

No man is more cheated than the selfish man.

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.

The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.

The meanest thing in the world is the devil.

A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

True obedience is true freedom.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

Excellence on the field starts in the kitchen and the gym.

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.

We don’t settle for anything less than excellence.