"It is a steadfast truth that knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive."

"The paradox of freedom is that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"It is a radiant truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

"It is a enduring truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that the seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success."