Effort

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

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately

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

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

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

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

We will now discuss in a little more detail the struggle for existence

All of nature is a battlefield

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey

I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest

It is much safer to obey, than to govern

You would be surprised how hard it often is to translate an action into thought

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare

By perseverance the snail reached the ark