Padraig Colum

"In work well done, we honor both ourselves and others."

"Dreams deferred become the regrets of old age."

"Laughter is the highest form of human intelligence."

"The simplest wisdom is often the hardest to practice."

"Death teaches us the value of life, if we are willing to listen."

"Imagination is more important than mere knowledge of facts."

"The love of learning is the gateway to all achievement."

"Happiness is a choice we make in each moment of our lives."

"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in themselves."

"Adventure calls to those brave enough to answer."

"Motivation is temporary; habit is permanent."

"The beauty of truth is that it cannot be permanently hidden."

"Science without conscience is the destruction of humanity."

"In relationships, to be truly seen is to be truly loved."

"Health is the foundation upon which all happiness is built."

"War is the failure of all that is civilized within us."

"Technology without wisdom is a sword in the hands of a child."

"Faith is not belief without doubt; it is trust despite doubt."

"Justice is the anchor that keeps society from drifting into chaos."

"A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart."

"The storyteller is the light and the breath of literature."

"Ireland is a land of poets and dreamers."

"In every man there lives a spark of creative fire."

"The greatest wealth is a contented mind."

"Time is the canvas upon which we paint our lives."

"Knowledge without compassion is merely accumulation."

"The heart of a child holds the secrets of the universe."

"True courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it."

"Beauty exists in the ordinary moments we often overlook."

"A people without stories is a people without memory."