Faith doesn't mean the absence of fear. It means having the energy to go ahead, right alongside the fear.
~ Sharon Salzberg


"I wish the ring had never come to me...I wish none of this had happened." ~ Frodo
"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." ~ Gandalf
~ From the film "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"


Remember youth as you pass by,
As you were once, so once was I,
As I am now, you soon will be,
Prepare to die and follow me.


Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.


Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.
~ Serbian Proverb


"If we're going to be damned, let us be damned for what we are!"
~ Captain Picard, "Encounter at Farpoint"


"Treat today as if you won't exist tomorrow."
~ Anonymous


In Heaven, an angel is nobody in particular.
~ George Bernard Shaw


The soldiers fight and the kings are heroes.
~ Hebrew proverb


The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) (Supreme Court Justice)


If you're not enjoying the journey, you probably won't enjoy the destination.
~ Joe Tye (motivational speaker and coach)


If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record.
~ Anonymous


Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
~ Bernadette Devlin (political activist and member of Parliament)