“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire; and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gate of heaven.” — Edwin Hubble Chapain —

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” — Voltaire —

“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.” — Henry David Thoreau —

“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.” — Leonardo da Vinci —

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson —

“The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason.” — Epictetus —

 “Be stronger than your excuses.” — Unknown —