Publisher Quotes

“The reward of a good deed is in having done it.”

“What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.”

“Gossip is vice enjoyed vicariously”

“The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.”

“It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.”

“A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.”

“Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.”

“The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.”

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”

“A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.”

“Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.”

“It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.”

“Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.”

“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.”

“Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.”

“The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.”

“Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.”

“Postponement: The father of failure.”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”

“Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.”

“The newspapers print what the people want, and thus does the savage still swing his club and flourish his spear.”

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.”

“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.”

“Fences are made for those who cannot fly.”

“If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.”