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