Self-preservation is the first law of nature; self-sacrifice the highest rule of grace.

Author Unknown

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life. – Jonathan Edwards

“Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”

— Bernard Williams (1929-) English Philosopher

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Walter Anderson

I admire the man that can smile in trouble, can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

— Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. ~Dutch Proverb

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. ~John Locke

If we weren’t all crazy, we’d just go insane.”

Jimmy Buffett

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.

-Jean-Paul Sartre

Being unwanted, unloved,uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. We must find each other.

Mother Terresa