Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.

Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of
your trousers.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of
your trousers.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.

It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.

To affirm is to make firm.

To affirm is to make firm.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.