Circumstances or Attitude?
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — John Miller
On Character
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln
Life’s Adventure
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. — Sir Winston Churchill
Petty Annoyances
…it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. — Evelyn Underhill
What Is an Honorable Person?
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. — H.L. Mencken
On Courage
Courage is being scared to death – but saddling up anyway. — John Wayne
True Happiness
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. — Helen Keller
On Children and Obedience
There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. — Anatole Broyard
On Forgiveness
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Ghandi
What Is Courage?
Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. — Clare Booth Luce