The Reason Why So Little Is Done,

Hope Is Like The Sun, Which, As We Journey Towards It, Casts The Shadow Of Our Burden Behind Us. ...hope Sweetens The Memory Of Experiences Well Loved. It Tempers Our Troubles To Our Growth And Our Strength. It Befriends Us In The Dark Hours, Excites Us In Bright Ones. It Lends Promise To The Future And Purpose To The Past. It Turns Discouragement To Determination. Samuel Smiles

The Noble People Will Be Nobly Ruled, And The Ignorant And Corrupt Ignobly.

Commonplace Though It May Appear, This Doing Of One's Duty Embodies The Highest Ideal Of Life And Character. There May Be Nothing Heroic About It; But The Common Lot Of Men Is Not Heroic.

The Crown And Glory Of Life Is Character. It Is The Noblest Possession Of A Man, Constituting A Rank In Itself, And An Estate In The General Good-will; Dignifying Every Station, And Exalting Every Position In Society. It Exercises A Greater Power Than Wealth, And Secures All The Honor Without The Jealousies Of Fame. It Carries With It An Influence Which Always Tell; For It Is The Result Of Proved Honor, Rectitude, And Consistency-qualities Which, Perhaps More Than Any Other, Command The General Confidence And Respect Of Mankind.

Even Happiness Itself May Become Habitual. There Is A Habit Of Looking At The Bright Side Of Things, And Also Of Looking At The Dark Side. Dr. Johnson Has Said That The Habit Of Looking At The Best Side Of A Thing Is Worth More To A Man Than A Thousand Pounds A Year. And We Possess The Power, To A Great Extent, Of So Exercising The Will As To Direct The Thoughts Upon Objects Calculated To Yield Happiness And Improvement Rather Than Their Opposites.