powerful quotes

All human beings should try to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why.
-- James Thurber

“The first step to failure is trying.”
- Homer Simpson

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that
you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement,
in the thrill of creative effort.
--Vincent van Gogh

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if
you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
-- Doug Larson

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life,
he will soon find himself alone.
A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
-- Samuel Johnson