George Dana Boardman "The Younger"

We need a spirit of adoption to take us out of the foundling hospital of the world, and to put us into the celestial family.

Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his character.

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.

Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.