In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
~
Invictus
by
William Ernest Henley
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
~
Invictus
by
William Ernest Henley
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
~
Invictus
by
William Ernest Henley
God shall be my hope,
My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet.
~
Henry VI, Part Two
by
William Shakespeare
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
~
The Hobbit
by
J. R. R. Tolkien
The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.
~
The Awakening
by
Kate Chopin
"Hardships make or break people."
~
Gone With The Wind
by
Margaret Mitchell
She had lived solely for the little things of life—the things that pass—forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity, bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing from one dwelling to the other—from twilight to unclouded day.
~
Anne of the Island
by
Lucy Maud Montgomery
"The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right."
~
Endymion
by
Benjamin Disraeli
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
~
Little Men
by
Louisa May Alcott