The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again. if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt

It is with words as with sunbeams, the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn
–Robert Southey


“Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.” — Harvey Mackay

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.” — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The flood of careless, unconsidered, cheap words is the greatest enemy of the profound word.
— Stephen L. Talbott

“There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. …But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.”
Deepak Chopra

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives.
–Mahatma Gandhi

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Jerome K. Jerome

To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. ~John Ruskin