As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
– Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

There are two kinds of people in the world: the Givers and the Takers. The difference between the two is that the Takers eat well, and the Givers sleep well at night.
– Joy Mills

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
– Edward Lytton

Great is the road I climb, but the garland offered by an easier effort is not worth the gathering.
– Sextus Propertius (50BC-16AD)

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
– James Buckham