I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.
We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.