Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. — Helen Keller

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The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter. - Sally Ride

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Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.

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Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. — Calvin Coolidge

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I'm not funny. What I am is brave.

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Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer. ― Steve Maraboli

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Though nothing can bring back the hour, Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower, We will grieve not, rather find, Strength in what remains behind. – William Wordsworth

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Our journey is entirely imaginary. That is its strength.

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