Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
Both the good and the pleasant present themselves to a man. The calm soul examines them well and discriminates. Yes, he prefers the good to the pleasant; but the fool chooses the pleasant out of greed and avarice.
Guide your child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
-Jerome K. Jerome
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
-Theodore Roosevelt
et me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.