The soul is a fire that darts its rays through all the senses; it is in this fire that existence consists; all the observations and all the efforts of philosophers ought to turn towards this ME, the centre and moving power of our sentiments and our ideas.
—Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
—Helen Keller (American Author)
Don’t mistake activity for achievement.
—John Wooden (American Sportsperson)
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
—James Russell Lowell (American Poet)
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.
—Don Herold (American Humorist)
When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part without fruits with joy.
—Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Hindu Polymath)
The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself.
—Unknown
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish Novelist)
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.
—Mabel Newcomer