Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
— William Ellery Channing
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
"It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."
I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.
Luxury, that baneful poison, has unstrung and enfeebled her sons.
Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath.
Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.