A timeless piece of jewelry, like pearls or stud earrings, has lasting value. I bought a vintage ring for $600 with my first paycheck; I plan to pass it down to my daughter.

There is a form that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter-loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and is totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the artless heart of child or man, without egoism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

William Osler

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

Barack Obama

If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms.

Graham Nash

The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.

Michel de Montaigne

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

Will Durant

Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends.

Francis Quarles

The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.

Horace

What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.

George Leigh Mallory

We sow our thoughts and reap our actions. We sow our actions and reap our habits. We sow our habits and reap our character. We sow our character, and we reap our destiny.

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The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.

Thomas Jefferson

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Coretta Scott King