Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

The proverb is something musty.

William Shakespeare

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

Bob Riley

The possession of anything begins in the mind

Bruce Lee

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

George J. Mitchell

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Maya Angelou

All my life I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create a great thought which might be able to give a new meaning to life, a new meaning to death, and to console mankind.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Dale Carnegie

it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.

Kathryn Stockett

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

Tom Brady

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.

Brandon Boyd

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Napoleon Bonaparte

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

Dorothy Day