Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

That's the kind of hope that every single one of us — politicians, parents, preachers — all of us need to be providing for our young people. Because that is what moves this country forward every single day — our hope for the future and the hard work that hope inspires.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.