“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.”

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.