Daniel Flanagan

“We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

“Only the disciplined ones in life are free. If you are undisciplined, you are a slave to your moods and your passions.”
― Eliud Kipchoge

“Be men, or be more than men. be steady to your purposes, and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable, and cannot withstand you, if you say that it shall not.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“The American Wasps form very fine paper, like ours; they extract the fiber of common wood of the countries where they live. They teach us that paper can be made from the fiber of plants without the use of rags and linen.”
― Mark Kurlansky, Paper: Paging Through History