Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

Every difficulty can be overcome if rightly dealt with; anxiety is, therefore, unnecessary. The task which cannot be overcome ceases to be a difficulty, and becomes an impossibility; and anxiety is still unnecessary, for there is only one way of dealing with an impossibility - namely, to submit to it. The inevitable is the best.

We begin to be mature adults only when we cease to whine and revile and commence to search for the hidden justice which regulates our lives.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognise failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them; and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

Circumstances don't shape us, so much as they reveal us.

People who are underprivileged have more to grieve and have more to overcome.

Circumstances, events or situations have no power except that which you give them.

A tree's nature does not change because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.

Today too, amid so much darkness, we need to see the light of hope and to be men and women who bring hope to others.