"Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference."

"If a nation is ruled by two kings, both the kings and their subjects will perish."

"Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place."

"Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified it is not criticism, learn from it."

"Saint, noun. A dead sinner revised and edited."

"Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance"

"PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself."