William R.
Inge
No Christian can be a pessimist,
for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
~William R. Inge~
Robert Green
Ingersoll
The superior man is the providence of the inferior.
He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak,
and a shield for the defenseless.
He stands erect by bending above the fallen.
He rises by lifting others.
~Robert Green Ingersoll~
John
Irving
If you are lucky enough
to find a way of life you love,
you have to find the courage to live it.
~John Irving~
Washington
Irving
A
mother is the truest friend we have,
when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us;
when adversity takes the place of prosperity;
when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine,
desert us; when troubles thicken around us,
still will she cling to us,
and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels
to dissipate the clouds of darkness,
and cause peace to return to our hearts.
~Washington Irving~
There
is in every true woman's heart
a spark of heavenly fire,
which lies dormant in the broad
daylight of prosperity;
but which kindles up,
and beams and blazes
in the dark hour of adversity.
~Washington Irving~
There
is a certain relief in change,
even though it be from bad to worse!
As I have often found in traveling
in a stagecoach, that it is often
a comfort to shift one's position,
and be bruised in a new place.
~Washington Irving~
Christmas is the season for
kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall,
the genial flame of charity in the heart.
~Washington Irving~