“A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.”

“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”

“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself”

“The more power you give your child in any discipline process, the more likely he will be to be able to make it work positively for himself.”

“Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.”

“Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: 'that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and conquer for himself. It is that which constitutes our real and best nourishment. What we are merely taught seldom nourishes the mind like that which we teach ourselves.”