Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens read more

Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.

Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one read more

To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes read more

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.