A Politician Thinks Of The Next Election.

All The Strength And Force Of Man Comes From His Faith In Things Unseen. He Who Believes Is Strong; He Who Doubts Is Weak. Strong Convictions Precede Great Actions. The Man Strongly Possessed Of An Idea Is The Master Of All Who Are Uncertain Or Wavering. Clear, Deep, Living Convictions Rule The World.

Amid All Change, We Desire Something Permanent; Amid All Variety, Something Stable; Amid All Progress, Some Central Unity Of Life; Something Which Deepens As We Ascend; Which Roots Itself As We Advance; Which Grows More And More Tenacious Of The Old, While Becoming More And More Open To The New.

If We Desire To Do What Will Please God, And What Will Help Men, We Presently Find Ourselves Taken Out Of Our Narrow Habits Of Thought And Action; We Find New Elements Of Our Nature Called Into Activity; We Are No Longer Running Along A Narrow Track Of Selfish Habit.

The Bravest Of Individuals Is The One Who Obeys His Or Her Conscience.

When I Consider What Some Books Have Done For The World, And What They Are Doing, How They Keep Up Our Hope, Awaken New Courage And Faith, Soothe Pain, Give An Ideal Life Those Whose Hours Are Cold And Hard, Bind Together Distant Ages And Foreign Lands, Create New Worlds Of Beauty, Bring Down Truth From Heaven; I Give Eternal Blessings For This Gift, And Thank God For Books.