Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more

Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when read more

Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when we say
"'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.

Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.

Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.