It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of

trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one that has opened for us.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.