The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. – Aristotle

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Ephesians 6:10 – Bible

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. – Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 – Bible