“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.”
Nature“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.”
Forgiveness“To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.”
Nature“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”
Friendship“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
Love“The dog is the god of frolic.”
God“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.”
Humor“All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.”
Men“The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.”
Mom“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
Leadership“The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.”
Education“It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.”
Friendship“The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.”
Good“The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.”
Knowledge“It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.”
Success“God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.”
Forgiveness“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”
Inspirational“There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.”
God“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”
Success“The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.”
Mothersday“To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.”
Art“In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.”
Success