"We acquire the strength we have overcome...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Wherever there is power there is age.”

“Universally, the better gold the worse man. The political economist defies us to show any gold mine country that is traversed by good roads, or a shore where pearls are found on which good schools are erected.”

“Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man.”

“Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow”

“Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.”

“The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.”

“When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.”

“There are two big forces at work, external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, disasters, illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control.”

“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can.”