By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.