Character cannot be…
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen (Adams) Keller (1880 – 1968) More »






![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)

![IMAGE: Thought is free. [Thoughts are free.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thoughts-101033_640-100x71.jpg)



![IMAGE: Patience is the best remedy (for every trouble). [Patience is the best medicine.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/flower-887443_640-100x78.jpg)