But eternal liveliness is what counts: what does "eternal life" matter, or life at all?
After fifteen minutes nobody looks at a rainbow.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak.
And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright unclouded day.
When you think about a presidential candidate spending all of his or her time talking to that tiny, tiny fraction of us who have the capacity to fund political elections, it's obvious why the perspective of government is skewed relative to what most Americans care about.