The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
- Charles Lamb

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
- A.W. Pinero

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diets, mysticism, religions, intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find that truth is basically simple - and feels good, clean and right.
- Chick Corea

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
- Elizabeth Bibesco

Take full account of what excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
- Marcus Aurelius

Employment gives health, sobriety, and morals. Constant employment and well-paid labor produce general prosperity, content, and cheerfulness.
- Daniel Webster

The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot of obstacles removed from their path by others. It develops from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.
- --William Mather Lewis

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in circumstances confronting him.
- St. Thomas Aquinas

Life's about friendships, the way you love your partner, the way you care for your children. That is what life is about. Not anything about earning a hundred zillion dollars because you toured America more than anyone else. I want life to be about creativity.
- -- Joe Strummer, former lead singer for the Clash rock band.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.
- -- Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881

I don't think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it. I think if you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done.
- -- Mike Ditka

The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.
- -- Baron de Coubertin, The Olympic Creed

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
- -- Chinese proverb

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
- -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.
- -- James A. Garfield

My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
- Marshall Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), supreme commander of allied forces in 1918

The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.
- -- Wang Yang-Ming

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
- -- La Bruyere

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.
- -- Cicero

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.
- -- Anotole France

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
- -- Helen Keller

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.
- -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anger is a prelude to courage.
- -- Eric Hoffer

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
- -- Theodore Roosevelt

In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
- -- Sir Winston Churchill

This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
- -- William Shakespeare

There is nothing so comfortable as money, - but nothing so defiling if it be come by unworthily; nothing so comfortable, but nothing so noxious if the mind be allowed to dwell upon it constantly. If a man have enough, let him spend it freely. If he wants it, let him earn it honestly.
- -- Anonymous

The best mask for demoralization is daring.
- -- Lucan

The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.
- -- Thomas Edison

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley

If you just keep playing, keep believing and have some faith, something good can happen.
- Washington Redskins coach Norv Turner, whose team became only the second in NFL history to win six games after losing the first seven games of the year. December 19, 1998

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live a life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- Helen Keller

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.
- - Henry Ward Beecher

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus

Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.
- Ovid

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

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

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

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
- Epictetus

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Norman MacFinan

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
- Napoleon Hill

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind with a tender heart.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
- Malcolm Forbes

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
- Herbert Kaufman

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.
- Joseph Addison

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
- Janet Erskine Stuart

The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.
- Tex Cobb, boxer and actor.