The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Virtue is the only true nobility.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

Work your way up or rust your way out.

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was read more

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real
life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got
through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt
to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these
obstacles were my life.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Energy is equal to desire and purpose.

Energy is equal to desire and purpose.

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the read more

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.