"The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world."

"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours."

"There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake."

"What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?"

"Long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

"I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them."

"I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained."

"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it."