Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
- Source Unknown

Tough times never last. Tough people do.
- Robert Schuller

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
- Phillips Brooks

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.
- Russell W. Davenport

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.
- Ruth McKenney

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.
- Samuel Johnson

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
- Seneca

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Sir Winston Churchill

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within.
- Steven H. Coogler

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.
- T.S. Eliot

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
- Theodore Hesburgh

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.
- Thomas H. Huxley

Faith that the thing can be done is essential to any great achievement.
- Thomas N. Carruther

There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.
- Tillotson

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
- Tyron Edwards

There are many ways to measure success; not the least of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend.
- Unknown

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - We must step up the stairs.
- Vance Havner

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.
- W.J. Slim

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
- Walter Bagehot

Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.
- William Durant, founder of General Motors

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.
- William Feather

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.
- William James