“Practice the art of patience for nature never acts in haste.”

“Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant daily application of the best you have within you.”

“You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.”

“I will live this day as if it is my last. …I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday’s misfortunes, Yesterday’s defeats, yesterday’s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?”

“Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.”

“Even through the hollow eyes of deathI spy life peering.”

“Be merry; you have cause, so have we all, of joy; for our escape is much beyond our loss . . . . then wisely weigh our sorrow with our comfort.”

“Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward To what they were before.”

“Boldness be my friend.”

“To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,Gives, in your weakness, strength unto your foe,And so your follies fight against yourself.Fear, and be slain--so worse can come to fight;And fight and die is death destroying death,Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.”

“Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back.”

“Though Fortune's malice overthrow my state,My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel.”

“Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow!But it means that they have the ability to deal with it”

“There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.”

“Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.”

“An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation.”

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

“The most destitute person in the world is the one without a smile.”

“A smile is your greatest social asset.”

“He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.”