I long to see everything, to know everything, to learn everything. Marie Bashkirtseff quote. Alexander M. Rossi Painting

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. Edwin Howland Blashfield painting.

There is no worthier work for the person who has been geared with the ability to see even a small part of God’s mercy… Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale art.

‘Twas grief enough to think mankind; all hollow, servile, insincere; but worse to trust to my own mind; and find the same corruption there. Emily Brontë quote.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. Alfred Munnings art. Colette  (1873 – 1954)

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position.  Denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. Alexander Roche art.

Be an example to yourself that your child can be proud of. Arianna Huffington quote. By Dutch painter Albert Meuhuys (1844 –1914)

“To feel and think and learn – learn always:  surely that is being alive and young in the real sense.”
Edward Henny Potthast art