If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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