“Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Stand tall and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong.”
Godfrey de Ibelin “Kingdom of Heaven”

“Perhaps home is not a place, but simply an irrevocable condition.”
James Baldwin

“It’s easy to try when you believe you’re going to make it. But you see true character when you don’t know if you’ll make it and you try anyways.”

“Individualism is about having the freedom to be who you are - not going it alone.” 
Arthur C. Brooks

“Luck is the convergence of hard work and opportunity.”

-Seneca

“The committed person, win or lose, is the one who finds the real excitement in living.”
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

“While there is life, there is hope.”
Professor Stephen Hawking

“We can never lose the things we live for. We may have to change their form at times, if we’ve made an error, but the purpose remains the same and the forms are ours to make.”
Ayn Rand

“Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.”
Samuel Johnson