The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Edward Gibbon

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Anonymous

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. James Matthew Barrie

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli

Make yourself necessary to somebody. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. James A. Garfield

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him. Booker T. Washington

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election. Bill Vaughan

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. Robert Green Ingersoll

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often. Winston Churchill

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never came. James Russell Lowell

You are only what you are when no one is looking. Robert C. Edwards

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests. John Stuart Mill

Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. William James

It is easier to love humanity than to love one’s neighbor. Eric Hoffer

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out. Ralph Waldo Emerson