“If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.”  –Beryl Markham

“I shall pass through this world but once.  Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, Let me do it now.  Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”  –Anonymous

“My mother says she doesn’t care
About the color of my hair
Or if my eyes are blue or brown
Or if my nose turns up or down.
She says she doesn’t care for things
like that.  It really doesn’t matter.

My mother says she doesn’t care
If I’m dark or if I’m fair
Or if I’m thin or if I’m fat.
She says she doesn’t care for things
like that.  It really doesn’t matter.

But if I cheat or tell a lie
Or do mean things to make folks cry,
Or if I’m rude or impolite
And do not try to do what’s right,
Then that really does matter.

It isn’t looks that makes one great.
It’s character that seals your fate.
It’s what you are within your heart, you see,
That makes or mars your destiny.
And that really does matter.”  –Anonymous

“The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.”  –Abraham Lincoln

[Quotes shared in the lovely publication Seeing the Everyday.]