“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.”

Fear always springs from ignorance.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

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

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

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.