You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.
When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.
So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.
The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.
The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
