—Goethe
Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.—Carlyle
Slight is the sting of his trouble whose winnings are less than his worth:
For he who is honest is noble, whatever his fortune or birth.
—Alice Cary
Press on! There's no such word as fail!
Push nobly on! The goal is near!
Ascend the mountain! Breast the gale!
Look upward, onward—never fear!
He who has a thousand friends
Has not a friend to spare;
And he who has one enemy
Will meet him everywhere.
—Omar Khayyam
Work for some good, be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly;
Labour!—all labour is noble and holy.
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong; which is but saying in other words that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.—Pope