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"Life is a search after power; and this
is
an element with which the world is so
saturated . . .
that no honest seeker
goes
unrewarded."
—
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is not the
strong who are dangerous to
the world and to
themselves. It is the
weak and the inadequate who
threaten
—and sometimes destroy—mankind's
peace and
prosperity."
— Vernon Howard
"There's nothing like a dream to
create the future."
— Victor Hugo
"Clear your mind of can't."
— Samuel Johnson
"The main purpose of life is to live
rightly, think
rightly, act rightly. The soul must
languish
when we give all our thoughts to the body."
— Ghandi
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met
with the
two-o 'clock-in-the-morning courage. I mean,
unprepared courage,
that which is necessary on an
unexpected occasion, and which,
in spite of the most
unforeseen events, leaves full freedom
of judgment and
decision.
— Napoleon
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
to mean devices
for a sordid end. Courage--an independent
spark from heaven's
bright throne, by which the soul
stands raised, triumphant,
high, alone, great in itself,
not praises of the crowd, above all vice,
it stoops not to
be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers
above,
by which those great in war are great in love. The spring
of all brave acts is seated here, as falsehoods draw
their sordid birth from fear.
--Farquhar
He who ascends to the mountain tops shall find
the loftiest peaks
most wrapped in clouds and snow; he who
surpasses or subdues
mankind must look down on the hate of
those below. Though high above
the sun of glory glow. And
far beneath the earth and ocean spread,
bound him are icy
rocks, and loudly blow contending tempests on his naked
head; and thus reward the toils which to those summits
led.
— Byron
You conquer fate by thought. If you think the
fatal thought of men and institutions,
you need never pull
the trigger. The consequences of thinking inevitably
follow.
— Carlyle
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