“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.

When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

You become what you think about all day long.

Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

You must not mistake lip service and noise for bravery and service.

Brave is he who has a thousand wounds and still wants to heal the world.

A little foolish, a little brave.

I wish to be as brave as the moon; because even by the darkness, she always finds a way to shine.

How can I be brave when my insides are quaking from fighting this fear.

If only were my skin like art shining against the mould, if only my body were a canvas brave if only.

It is an act of courage every time you create. Stay brave.

I’ll keep reaching out my hand hoping one day you’ll be brave enough to take it.