The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.
I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
Run often. Run long. But never outrun your joy of running.
When our lives are filled with peace, faith and joy, people will want to know what we have.
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