Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success. Og Mandino
Man is what he believes. Anton Chekhov
It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart’s hope. It was what I wanted to be. Lois McMaster Bujold
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. Henry David Thoreau
Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day. Anonymous
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin
I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. Joseph Conrad
Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man. William Shakespeare
Whoever does not love his work cannot hope that it will please others. Unknown