Thoughtful Thursday

"What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves."
- Seneca

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
- Sir Francis Bacon

"It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen."
- Jerome K. Jerome

"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken

"Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking."
- Aldous Huxley

"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible."
- Jonathan Swift

"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others."
- Sir Winston Churchill