We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Author: Henry Ward Beecher

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Books are not men, and yet they stay alive.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.