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While my care was employ'd in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason.

Cast down your bucket where you are.

out of the hard and unusual struggle through which he is compelled to pass, he gets a strength, a confidence, that one misses whose pathway is comparatively smooth

If we would be great, and good, and useful, we must pay the price. And remember that when we get down to the fundamental principles of truth, nature draws no colour line.

I want you to make up your minds that you are going to be more nearly perfect, are going to put more manly and womanly strength into the preparation of your lessons each day, that you may be more useful.

There are but two directions in this life in which you can grow; backward or forward.

Make up your minds that you are going to overcome every discouragement, and that you are not going to let any discouragement overcome you.

We cannot get upon our feet, as a people, until we learn the saving habit; until we learn to save every nickel, every dime and every dollar that we can spare.

Any one can seek a job, but it requires a person of rare ability to create a job.

No one gets much out of life who does not make his education a real, vital part of himself.

Our ability to make the world better depends entirely upon our ability to use every opportunity to make ourselves better.

Be determined to get up, to reach the highest goal you have in view, and you will.

In brief, whatever you want, produce that something in yourself, and you will positively gravitate towards the corresponding conditions in the external world.

What you imagine, you will think, and what you think, you will become.

The man who never weakens when things are against him will grow stronger and stronger until all things will delight to be for him.

So get out there. Give it everything you’ve got—whether it’s your time, your talent, your prayers, or your treasure.

And when you fall throughout life—and maybe even tonight after a few too many glasses of champagne—fall forward.

I want to fall… forward. At least I figure that way I’ll see what I’m about to hit.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Never be discouraged. Never hold back. Give everything you’ve got.

If we work together, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot achieve.

Wretch, you are carrying about a god with you, and you know it not.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.

For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back.

Let us try this--every woman to work as though success depended on herself.