“Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.”

“Some people have learned to earn well but they haven't learned to live well.”

“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”

“One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.”

“Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.”

“Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. I knew a man of simple habits and earnest character who never put out his hands nor opened his lips to court the public, and having survived several rotten reputations of younger men, honor came at last and sat down with him upon his private bench from which he had never stirred."”

“Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.”

“It's impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.”

“Boldness be my friend.”

“I can call spirits from the vasty deep.”

“Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.”

“For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood.”

“I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience.”

“Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lender's books, and defy the foul fiend.”

“A man of no conversation should smoke.”

“The rule for hospitality and Irish "help," is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O'Shaughnessylearns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.”

“Unpunctuality is a vile habit.”

“Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.”

“Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.”

“Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far.”

“By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.”

“We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.”

“Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.”