Life's battles don't always go To the stronger of faster man, But soon or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can!

that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.

Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance. Barnes was ready for a business association with Edison, moreover, he was Determined to remain ready until he got that which he was seeking.

Laziness and cowardice are two of the greatest enemies of the spiritual life.

Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence. Indeed, spiritual intelligence itself depends on the fortitude and patience with which we sacrifice ourselves for the truth, as it is communicated to our lives concretely in the providential will of God

Without courage we can never attain to true simplicity. Cowardice keeps us "double minded" —hesitating between the world and God.

instead of becoming a strong and ardent and generous Catholic, I simply slipped into the ranks of the millions of tepid and dull and sluggish and indifferent Christians who live a life that is still half animal, and who barely put up a struggle to keep the breath of grace alive in their souls.

The way to overcome the impossible has always been the same. Don't fear the giants. The Lord is with you always. Just believe and fight! You already have the victory.

It may be fashionable to assert that all is holy, but not many are willing to haul ass to church four or five times a day to sing about it. It's not for the faint of heart.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Keep true. Never be ashamed of doing right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.