“Friends are lights in winter; the older the friend, the brighter the light.” Quote by Roger Rosenblatt
“Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.” WorldPainForeverThis WorldStrangeSweetKingsPromiseQuietSightDistanceEndlessIslandsSailingVoyagesSolomon Author:Herman Melville
“Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even when I first started doing pieces.” FirstsPiecesDirectNonfiction Author:Joan Didion
“The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.” LooksHomeQuietSightMilesGet AwayTraveled Author:Sam Ewing
“We rest here while we can, but we hear the ocean calling in our dreams, And we know by the morning, the wind will fill our sails to test the seams, The calm is on the water and part of us would linger by the shore, For ships are safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.” KnowsDreamWaterMorningWindCallingQuietSafeOceanTestsCalmShipsShoreSailOur DreamsHarbors Author:Tom Kimmel
“The difference in being good at some thing and being great at something is usually found in the little things.” LittlesFoundDifferencesExcellenceBe GoodLittle Things Author:Randy Anderson
“One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well.” WellsSecurityExcellence Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Excellence isn't as much about being the best as it is about being the best you can be, and being better than you were before.” ExcellenceBeing The BestBetter Than You Author:Randy Anderson
“It seems that more people today have a greater desire to live long than they do to live well.” PeopleWellsLongSeemsTodayDesireGreaterExcellenceLive WellDesire To Live Author:Croft M. Pentz
“Excellence is a choice, and you must make that choice over and over again until "doing your best" is all you know.” KnowsChoicesExcellenceDoing Your Best Author:Randy Anderson
“We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy and not so simple sorrow.” LightAgeJoyDarkSimpleCommonShareSorrowQuietGood And BadUncommonCommon GroundSimple Joys Book:Medicine for Melancholy Source: Medicine for Melancholy