As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It read more

As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.

Dont let life change your goals, because achieving your goals can change your life.

Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend
To mean devices for a sordid end.
Courage--an independent read more

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.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we read more

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of read more

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.

Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.