Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.

So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in Him whose cause is ours In conflict with unholy powers, We grasp the weapons he has given,-- The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

A sheep in sheep's clothing.

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it

A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.

You don't have to have fought in a war to love peace.

We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you. -Jeff Warner.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Good orators, when they are out, they will spit. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

A man often preaches his beliefs precisely when he has lost them and is looking everywhere for them, and, on such occasions, his preaching is by no means at its worst.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.