Patrick Kavanagh

"Leadership is not about being in charge but about taking care of those in your charge"

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"

"Dreams are the seeds of change"

"Humor is the best medicine for the soul"

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find meaning in the suffering"

"The measure of a person's character is not how they treat the powerful but the powerless"

"Fear is the thief of dreams"

"Power without wisdom is tyranny"

"Money is a good servant but a poor master"

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being"

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself"

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

"History repeats itself because nobody listened the first time"

"Philosophy is the art of being confused at a higher level"

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life"

"Politics is the art of the possible"

"War is the failure of diplomacy"

"Motivation is what gets you started; habit is what keeps you going"

"Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just work"

"Relationships are the currency of life"

"Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine"

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet"

"An act of kindness is never wasted"

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do"

"Creativity is intelligence having fun"

"Justice delayed is justice denied"

"The strong forgive; the weak take revenge"

"What we think about expands"

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away"