The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent read more

The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others. -Winston Churchill.

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble read more

The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day.

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, read more

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16].

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.