The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. Kahlil Gibran Lebanese artist & poet in US (1883 - 1931) There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) Something must be done when you find an opposing set of desires of this kind well to the fore in your category of strong desires. You must set in operation a process of competition, from which one must emerge a victor and the other set be defeated. Robert Collier It sometimes seems that we have only to solve a thing greatly to get it. Robert Collier One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aims be co-ordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup. Claude M. Bristol Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them. Author Unknown There it was, hidden in alphabetical order. Rita Holt It is better to live richly than to die rich. Author Unknown There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952) The few little years we spend on earth are only the first scene in a Divine Drama that extends into Eternity. Edwin Markham |