Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Great talent finds happiness in execution.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.