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.

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

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

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

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

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

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

That only which we have within, can we see without. If we meet no Gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is a grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
- -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowing sorrow well, I learn to succor the distressed.
- -- Virgil

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
- -- Michel de Montaigne

Genius is eternal patience.
- -- Michelangelo

Attitude determines altitude.
- -- Unknown

Men can be stimulated to show off their good qualities to the leader who seems to think they have good qualities.
- John Richelsen

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt.
- Stewart L. Udall

Patience is passion tamed.
- Lyman Abbott

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

The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.
- George Santayana, "The Life of Reason: Reason in Society", 1906

A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.
- - Unknown

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

No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.
- Minot Simons

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it.
- William James

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
- Alexander Pope

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it.
- Knute Rockne

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

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

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan

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

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

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