Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God's good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

Defence, not defiance.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself.

My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

life is not hard, it only needs some positive thinking.

A single rose can be my garden . . . a single friend, my world.

The contented person is never poor.The discontented is never rich.

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.

O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side! -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Coincidence is logical.

Thank God, I--I also--am an American!

There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.

There is no sin except stupidity.

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