Dave Dongieux

“The world is a looking-glass which flings back to us the reflection of ourselves. If we laugh it laughs back at us. If we shed tears, it reflects a sorrowful face.”
― Orison Swett Marden, The Joys of Living

“It is said that "long livers are great hopers." If you keep your hope bright in spite of discouragements, and meet all difficulties with a cheerful face, it will be very difficult for age to trace its furrows on your brow. There is longevity in cheerfulness.”
― Orison Swett Marden, The Joys of Living

“Real happiness comes from the cultivation, the development, of the highest that is in us.”
― Orison Swett Marden, The Joys of Living

“Let the adverse breath of criticism be to you only what the blast of the storm wind is to the eagle,—a force against him that lifts him higher.”
― Orison Swett Marden, How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune