“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success out of his life.
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time
“The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.