He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

We must not creep along when our souls cry out for us to soar!