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- Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
- Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)
- Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.
- The Buddha
- Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954)
- There is no substitute for victory.
- General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
- Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.
- John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
- If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
- Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
- I prepared excitedly for my departure, as if this journey had a mysterious significance. I had decided to change my mode of life. "'til now," I told myself, "you have only seen the shadow and been well content with it; now, I am going to lead you into the substance."
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek
- People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
- Anne Sullivan
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