Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
What we do belongs to what we are and what we are is what becomes of us.
Born in the East, and clothed in Oriental form and imagery, the Bible walks the ways of all the world with familiar feet, and enters land after land to find its own everywhere. It has learned to speak...
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
Genius is talent set on fire by courage.
Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.
He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.
A friend is what the heart needs all the time.
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.
In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
Too slow for those who wait Too swift for those who fear Too long for those who grieve Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love time is not.
To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for...