1.
We create our future, by well improving present opportunities: however few and small they are.
Lewis Howard Latimer
We forge our future, by capitalizing on present chances: however restricted and minor they may be.
2.
Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward.
Lewis Howard Latimer
Regular watchfulness and tenacity will often yield considerable gains.
3.
Tomorrow may be fair, however stormy the sky of today.
Lewis Howard Latimer
4.
Add to this the pride of achievement; the desire to rank among the successful souls on earth, and we have the factors which have brought some of the ablest of human beings into the limelight that revealed them to an admiring world, as leaders and examples.
Lewis Howard Latimer
5.
The two fortresses which are the last to yield in the human heart, are hope and pride.
Lewis Howard Latimer
6.
Some blessings have been ours in the past, and these may be repeated or even multiplied.
Lewis Howard Latimer
7.
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast," and is as necessary to life as the act of breathing.
Lewis Howard Latimer
8.
There must be vistas flying out beyond, that promise more than present conditions yield.
Lewis Howard Latimer
9.
For who would live if life held no allurements?
Lewis Howard Latimer