This is the art of courage to see things…

This is the art of courage to see things as they are and still believe that the victory lies not with those who avoid the bad, but those who taste, in living awareness, every drop of the good.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Victoria Lincoln

This is something that I cherish. Once i…

This is something that I cherish. Once in a friend’s home I came across this blessing, and took it down in shorthand … it says something I like to live with Oh Thou, who dwellest in so many homes, possess Thyself of this. Bless the life that is sheltered here. Grant that trust and peace and comfort abide within, and that love and life and usefulness may go out from this home forever.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson

This is what extremely grieves us, that …

This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Aristophanes

This is the true joy in life, the being …

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Quote, saying and phrase by: George Bernard Shaw