What men want is not talent, it is purpose; not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.--Bulwer Lytton.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.--Longfellow.
The great hope of society is individual character.--Channing.
Concentrate all your thought upon the work in hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.--Alexander G. Bell.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.--George Washington.
The public school playground transposes many a boy from a public liability to a public asset.--A. E. Winship.
Real coolness and self-possession are the indispensable accompaniments of a great mind.--Dickens.
One of the crying needs of society is the revival of gentleness and of a refined considerateness in judging others.--Newell D. Hillis.
In this world inclination to do things is of more importance than the mere power.--Chapin.
Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.--J. G. Holland.
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. --Johnson.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.--Disraeli.
Follow your honest convictions and be strong.--Thackeray.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.--Publius Syrus.
Economy is of itself a great revenue.--Comtelburo.
Grace is the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. --Hazlitt.
Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.--Carlyle.
Pull on the oar and not on your influential friends.--A. E. Winship.
The noblest mind the best contentment hath.--Spenser.
To be usefully and hopefully employed is one of the great secrets of happiness.--Smiles.
The man who has begun to live more seriously within, begins to live more simply without.--Phillips Brooks.
Everything in this world depends upon will.--Disraeli.
A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.--Comtelburo.
All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.--Whately.
Mightier than all the world, the clasp of one small hand upon the heart.--John Townsend Trowbridge.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.--Napoleon.