“Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity.”

“Guide us in the path of peace, O Lord!”

“Work while you have strength.”

“Do all the work you can while you still have strength.”

“Do all the work you can, while there is grace of strength.”

“Thank God for the strength to work.”

“Everybody is a champion! Everybody has conquered something in life before! You have achieved something great before: your first time of walking. Remember how life would have been should you have fa...”

“Suppose that we could close our eyes today and see the real certainties and uncertainties of tomorrow, we would have never wished to open our eyes again for the real certainties and uncertainties o...”

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”

“Enjoy the ride while it still lasts.”

“When good times turn out way bigger than you first expected, that's when you know you're on a roll!”

“The best times weve had on earth are usually with those we love.”