“One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done”

“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department”

“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself”

“There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself”

“It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state”

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained”