“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.” – Sicilian proverb

“Upstarts frequently usurp the highest places, while the truly great pine in obscurity.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“The person who enters the fold with pretenses, being no one but a wolf in sheep’s clothing, worries the flock more than the lion outside.” – C. H. Spurgeon

DO WHAT YOU CAN, WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU ARE.” – THEODORE ROOSEVELT

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular or whose results will not be known for years to come. There are victories whose glories lie only in the fact that they are known to those  who win them.” – Nelson Mandela

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain

“THE GLORY OF GOD IS MAN FULLY ALIVE.” – Saint Irenaeus

“What can you ever really know of other people’s souls – of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles? One soul in the whole creation you do know: and it is the only one whose fate is placed in your hands.’ – C. S. Lewis