"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out." — Edwin Markham

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours." — Dag Hammarskjold

"A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty." — Nadia Boulanger

"A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants." — Joseph Addison

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." — E. M. Forster

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed." — Nicolas Chamfort

"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough." — Garrison Keillor

"All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people." — Alexis Carrel

"You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." — George Burns