"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us."

"In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"It is a enduring truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience."

"It is a enduring truth that a quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out."

"It is a quiet truth that in the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain."

"A courageous heart knows that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."