"Blindness and deafness are not the worst misfortunes. The worst misfortune is to have eyes and ears, and not to see and hear."

"We are never so helpless as when we are at the mercy of our own desires."

"We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough."

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."