"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it."

"He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help."

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"How many legs does a dog have if you count his tail as a leg? Four. You can call a tail a leg if you want to, but that doesn't make it a leg."

"I'm not concerned that you have fallen, I'm concerned that you arise."

"Would you please shut up and sit down!"

"Our deeds follow us, and what we have been makes us what we are."

"Prayer doesn't change things. It changes people and they change things."

"A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good."

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)"

"Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy."