"Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."

"People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant."

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it."

"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."

"The highest result of education is tolerance."

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."

"Some days you're a bug, some days you're a windshield."

"And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life?"

"Reality is only just a word."

"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."