gh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man,
When Duty whispers low, _Thou must_,
The soul replies _I can_.
--EMERSON

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each
day, and it becomes so strong we cannot break
it.--HORACE MANN

Ponder well, and know the right,
Onward then, with all thy might!
Haste not! years can ne'er atone
For one reckless action done.
--GOETHE

Our grand business is not to see what lies
dimly at a distance, but to do what lies
clearly at hand.--CARLYLE

Slight is the sting of his trouble whose winnings are less than his worth:
For he who is honest is noble, whatever his fortune or birth.
--ALICE CARY

Press on! There's no such word as fail!
Push nobly on! The goal is near!
Ascend the mountain! Breast the gale!
Look upward, onward--never fear!

He who has a thousand friends
Has not a friend to spare;
And he who has one enemy
Will meet him everywhere.
--OMAR KHAYYAM

Work for some good, be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly;
Labour!--all labour is noble and holy.
--FRANCES S. OSGOOD

A man should never be ashamed to own he has
been in the wrong; which is but saying in other
words that he is wiser to-day than he was
yesterday.--POPE

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.

Fill up each hour with what will last;
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above, when this is past,
Is the ripe fruit of life below.

New occasions teach new duties; time makes ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth.
--LOWELL

The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
--LON