"A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."
- Honore de Balzac
Love
"A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea."
- Honore de Balzac
Love
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
- Honore de Balzac
Love
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself."
- Honore de Balzac
Love
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."
- Honore de Balzac
Compassion
"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Belief
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
- Buddha
Belief
"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."
- Might Guy
Belief
"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."
- Josephus Daniels
Belief