Who said “It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”?

“First we have to believe, and then we believe.”

“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

“We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.”

“As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.”

“Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.”

“Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.”

“The secret of happiness is something to do.”

“One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.”

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.”

“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.”