Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

He was not merely a chip of the old Block, but the old Block
itself.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself read more

When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he read more

Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early read more

With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,
And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth.

She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.

She was and is (what can there more be said?)
On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.