Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

Love is not getting, but giving; It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.

There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome; But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.

be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.