“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”

“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ”

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is in the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has”

“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

“There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.”

“Every artist dips his brush into his own soul.”