"It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours."
- William Ellery Channing
Inspiration
"Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves."
- William Ellery Channing
Leadership
"Faith is love taking the form of aspiration."
- William Ellery Channing
Faith
"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
- William Ellery Channing
Strength
"Error is discipline through which we advance."
- William Ellery Channing
Learning from Mistakes
"You are the hope of Israel, ‘children of the promised day’!"
- President Russell M. Nelson
Aspirations
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
- Walt Disney
Aspirations
"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."
- Earl Nightingale
Aspirations
"You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits."
- Michael Phelps
Aspirations
"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."
- Serena Williams
Aspirations