Thoughtful Thursday

"Depend not on fortune, but on conduct."
- Publilius Syrus

"If you're strong enough there are no precedents."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"One must not always think that feeling is everything. Art is nothing without form."
- Gustave Flaubert

"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."
- Ayn Rand

"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers."
- Logan Pearsall Smith

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
- Jack London

"Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge."
- Claude Bernard