The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? – Brendan Francis
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. – Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Its a very difficult thing losing a parent, but I think theres an added complication for me, because he was so well-loved and he had this very open charm that made people feel they had a personal relationship with him. – Kate Beckinsale
It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through Gods mercy and Christs merits but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husbands arms, and to lie down with Him. – Donald Cargill
