"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings."
Chinua Achebe
"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."
Chinualumogu Achebe
βRemember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received-only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.β
Saint Francis of Assisi
"May God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
Reinhold Niebuhr