I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? read more

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows read more

To have one's individuality completely ignored is like being pushed quite out of life--like being blown out as one blows out a light.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.