The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. ﻿

It is only the feeble minded person that a difficulty seems to be an impossibility.

The sun shines after every storm; there's a solution for every problem, and the soul's highest duty is to be of good cheer.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

If people only know the medicinal value of good cheer and laughter half of the ﻿physicians would be out of business.

A light heart lives long...

It is better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.

It is only a taste of fire that makes a fine steel.

Yellow gold has its price, learning is priceless.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

The most dangerous men are educated men without character

By being helpful, kind, and generous, you will brighten every room you enter.

A cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Crisis is a challenge to grow.

A good man may be put in the fire, but he cannot be burned.

Not he who has much is rich but he who gives much. ﻿

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the conquest of it.

The diamond cannot be perfected without friction nor the man perfected without trials.

Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down.

Beauty has a great power but cheerfulness is its sword.

One should never be disheartened. Despair eventually leads to mis﻿eries and kills a man even as a serpent kills a boy.

When you are good to others you are best to yourself.

The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.

Don't get discouraged; it's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

Look not mournfully into the past; it returns no more; wisely improve the present, and go fit into the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart. ﻿

We must remember that God does not forget his children who are the victims of evil forces.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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