“True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.
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.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
