"Rise above the storm and you will..." - Quote by Mario Fernandez

“The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.”

“Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath a trade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at and the calling followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for at the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter. Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter, for industry pays debts, while idleness and neglect increase them.”

“I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a kingI've been up and down and over and out and I know one thingEach time I find myself flat on my faceI pick myself up and get back in the race”

“In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get you down, but I always cheer up immensely if one is particularly wounding because I think well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. That is why my father always taught me: never worry about anyone who attacks you personally; it means their arguments carry no weight and they know it.”

“...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best.”

“In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.”

“Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it lights the candle instead of cursing the darkness.”