"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."
-Wendell Phillips-

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov-

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle."
-Phillips Brooks-