Only if you have been in the deepest valley can you know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain ~ Richard Milhous Nixon (37 US President) (1913- 1994)
Be always at war with yourself your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man ~ Benjamin Franklin (American statesman) (1706-1790)
The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated ... it is finished when it surrenders ~ Ben Stein (American speechwriter, television host) (b. 1944)
If all difficulties were known at the onset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all ~ Dan Rather (American television anchor) (b. 1931)