"Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it..." - Quote by Aristotle

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

“Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).”

“We are what we continually do.”

“Then was I as a tree whose boughs did bend with fruit; but in one night, a storm or robbery, call it what you will, shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my leaves, and left me bare to weather.”

“The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue.”

“Full many a glorious morn I have seen Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy.”

“The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.”

“This being busied with thoughts of immortality is for the noble classes and especially for women with nothing to do. A solid person, though, someone who already intends to be something worthy here, and who therefore has to strive daily, has to struggle and work, gives the world to come a rest.”

“There is a difference between motivation and inspiration. Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and don't let go of it until you make it a reality. Inspiration is the reverse-when an idea gets hold of you and you feel compelled to let that impulse or energy carry you along. You get to a point where you realize that you're no longer in charge, that there's a driving force inside you that can't be stopped.”