Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of man. TweetShareSharePin ~ Benjamin DisraeliTweetShareSharePin
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. ~ Franklin D. RooseveltTweetShareSharePin
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn’t have any doubt – it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else. ~ Hal BoyleTweetShareSharePin
A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, ‘Opportunity’. ~ Marianne Craig MooreTweetShareSharePin
True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle. ~ Hugh BlairTweetShareSharePin
Asked what his secret was for lasting so long and being so successful as the president of YaleUniversity, Dr. James R. Angell explained: ~ UnknownTweetShareSharePin
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong. ~ Pierre CharronTweetShareSharePin
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.TweetShareSharePin
Then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far. ~ John MiltonTweetShareSharePin
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. ~ Edmund BurkeTweetShareSharePin