Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/ralph-waldo-emerson
Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
–Blaise Pascal
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/445406/Blaise-Pascal
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
–Berthold Auerbach
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/42649/Berthold-Auerbach
A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.
–Sir Joshua Reynolds
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sir-joshua-reynolds
The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.
–Tom Clancy
http://www.tomclancy.com/tom_clancy.php
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
–Victor Hugo
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/274974/Victor-Hugo
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
–Samuel Johnson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/johnson_samuel.shtml
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
–Japanese Proverb
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
–Abraham Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln
Cora Lee, Regency Romance Author 