It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that det... - Henry Ward Beecher

"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."

"Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown."

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."

"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."

"‎Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else."