PREPARATION

“Be prepared for adversity by looking it straight in the eye and believing in yourself—no matter how difficult life becomes.”—Jason Selk

Music

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Berthold Auerbach

Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Music is the space between the notes.
- Achille-Claude Debussy

Without music life would be a mistake.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.
- Sergei Rachmaninoff

Failure

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
- William Feather

Environmental

When a man has pity on all living creatures, then only is he noble.
- Buddha