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"No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within."
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"Discouraging words should not weigh you down instead they should challenge you."

"Mrs. Allan's face was not the face of the girlbride whom the minister had brought to Avonlea five years before. It had lost some of its bloom and youthful curves, and there were fine, patient lines about eyes and mouth. A tiny grave in that very cemetery accounted for some of them; and some new ones had come during the recent illness, now happily over, of her little son. But Mrs. Allan's dimples were as sweet and sudden as ever, her eyes as clear and bright and true; and what her face lacked of girlish beauty was now more than atoned for in added tenderness and strength."

"In times of adversity we develop our senses of creativity and strength of our souls."

"Inflate yourself with a genuine passion always. This makes it possible for you to bounce back when you fall. The football is loaded with air and no sooner does it hit the floor than it bounces back again!"

"A strong soul recovers from any suffering."

"If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds."

"In suffering, we build our strength for ultimate success."

"You are no greater than the adversity you can handle."

"The church has to show the way of freedom to the nation."

"The road to success is paved with doubters and haters."
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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."

"Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression."

"No one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone."

"I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war."

"The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are."

"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little."

"In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond."

"My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths."
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