The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

The person who studies three, four, five times harder than anyone else -- that is a genius.

-- Hideyo Noguchi

I have not done what I wanted to, but I tried to make a good fight.

-- Mary Cassatt

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

-- Mary Cassatt

If you carve without ceasing, even metal and stone can be engraved.

-- Xunzi

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes — understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.

-- Arianna Huffington

It only becomes failure when you stop. Keep going until you succeed, and it becomes success.

-- Kōnosuke Matsushita