To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.
T. S. Eliot
Quotes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach
Socrates
The nearest way to glory — a shortcut, as it were — is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to
Frederick E. Crane
To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his
John Keble
When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind for somebody.
Immanuel Kant
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them:
Emiliano Zapata
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Marya Mannes
The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.
Abraham Maslow
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What
Robert F. Kennedy
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal,