Walter M. Bortz

"The life which like the sun grows larger at its setting is the ideal."

--Walter M. Bortz

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Viktor E. Frankl

"In the concentration camps, we witnessed some of our comrades behave like swine while others behaved like saints. Man has both potentialities within himself; which one is actualized depends on decisions but not on conditions. The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity--even under the most difficult circumstances--to add a deeper meaning to his life. His unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden."
--Viktor E. Frankl

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Arthur Christopher Benson

"The essence of the whole situation is to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal more than the prize; and to find the jewels of patience, hopefulness, and wisdom by the way, where one least expects to find them."

--Arthur Christopher Benson

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Cicero

"As I approve of a Youth that has something of the Old Man in him, so I am no less pleased with an Old Man that has something of the Youth."

--Cicero

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Edith Wharton

"In spite of illness, even of the archenemy, sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways."

--Edith Wharton

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Chilo

"The three things most difficult are: to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure."

--Chilo

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Mme. De Maintenon

"The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others."

--Mme. De Maintenon

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Alexandre Dumas

"Nothing succeeds like success."

--Alexandre Dumas
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J. Petit-Senn

"We tire of those pleasures we take, but never those we give."

--J. Petit-Senn

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Henry David Thoreau

"Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still."

--Henry David Thoreau

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La Bruyere

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think."

--La Bruyere

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life is the childhood of our immortality."

-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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La Rouchefoucauld

"We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be."

--La Rouchefoucauld

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Alan Alda

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself."

--Alan Alda

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Henry Ward Beecher

"It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible."

--Henry Ward Beecher

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Walter T. Tatara

"Surely the shortest commencement address in history; and for me one of the most memorable; was that of Dr. Harold E. Hyde, President of New Hampshire’s Plymouth State College. He reduced his message to the graduating class to these three ideals: 'Know yourself; Socrates. Control yourself; Cicero. Give yourself; Christ.'"

--Walter T. Tatara

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Anais Nin

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage."

--Anais Nin

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John Buchan

"'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence,' was the answer, without hesitation."

--John Buchan

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William Congreve

"Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, and the overtaking and possessing of a wish, discovers the folly of the chase."

--William Congreve

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Jean-Jacques Rosseau

"Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it."

--Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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Helen Keller

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

--Helen Keller

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Sir Winston Churchill

"Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never."

--Sir Winston Churchill

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Dr. Rob Gilbert

"Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success."

--Dr. Rob Gilbert

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Robert J. Hastings

"Stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, laugh more, and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along."

--Robert J. Hastings
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Margaret Fuller

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live."

--Margaret Fuller

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Richard Bach

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t."

--Richard Bach

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Henry Miller

"Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."

--Henry Miller

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Saul Alinsky

"Once you accept your own death all of a sudden you’re free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically -- to promote a cause you believe in."

--Saul Alinsky

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Woody Allen

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

--Woody Allen

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Bertrand Russell

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

--Bertrand Russell

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Elizabeth Clarke Dunn

"Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there."

--Elizabeth Clarke Dunn

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