Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear. . . Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Learn to. . . be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of a society is alone the basis of civilization.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
For the record, a mechanical engineer is responsible for how just about anything is built. We make sure any type of structure or vehicle or roadway is strong, safe and will stay together.
The soul is always beautiful, it appears more or it appears less, it comes or it lags behind, It comes from its embowered garden and looks pleasantly on itself and encloses the world.
I consider you as old as you look and feel. And in that case I feel - I feel I'm about 39, like Jack Benny.
Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy.