Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. – Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. – Thomas Carlyle
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. – Thomas Carlyle
I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and its kind of weird, its such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but its a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me – unintentionally – was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. – Ben Okri