Everything lives and dies, what is in the middle is what counts.

Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

These are the arks, the trophies, I erect, That fortify thy name against old age.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.

The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.

Age is not better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.

We do not do what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are—that is a fact.

There is nothing in the world that empowers a human being to overcome external difficulties or internal hardships so much as the awareness that one has a task in life.

The things are mighty few on earth That wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth We've go to work to gain.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

Never discourage someone who is working toward a goal, no matter their speed!

If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.

Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

Life does not consist of facts. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.

If you ask enough people, eventually someone will say yes.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Can’t is the worst word that is written or spoken; Doing more harm here than slander and lies; On it is many a strong spirit broken, And with it many a good purpose dies.

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money but him who does it for love of it.

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never exhaust and which gives us year by year a revenue of pleasurable activity.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.