"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs...." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time.”

“Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.”

“A little girl without a doll is almost as unhappy, and quite as impossible, as a woman without children." from chapter VIII of Les Miserables”

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

“Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for.”

“It is a disturbing conundrum that true free will cannot exist without the possibility of suicide. Then again, it ain't over 'til it's over!”

“Where there is a will, there's prosperity around the corner.”

“See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”