A mans worth is no greater than his ambitions. – Marcus Aurelius

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. – Marcus Aurelius
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. – Marcus Aurelius
Random Quotes
The ages of seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting. It is fabled that we slowly lose the gift of speech with animals, that birds no longer visit our windowsills to converse. As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder. – Leonard Cohen
The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars – an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do. – Michael D. Higgins