There is always a seed of good. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security. To be great is to be misunderstood.
Nothing is impossible for a willing mind.
To lose your fighting spirit is to lose all. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. If you meet someone without a smile give that person yours, it cost nothing, but will pay rich dividends. Jr. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.