The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
~ Arthur Ashe
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
