I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (Galileo Galilei)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

Life is pleasant.Death is peaceful.It’s the transition that’s troublesome. (Isaac Asimov)

The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. (definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy)

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met onthe street. (Elbert Hubbard)