Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.

John Dryden

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Plato

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same.

E. B. White

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Gore Vidal

When you're in love, your soul feels healthy.

Steve Maraboli

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73 good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.

Ian Mckellen

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.

Lao Tzu

The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

Ben Affleck

I've had bad jobs. Now I have a good one. I'm thankful.

Maurice Greene

All Americans should have access to quality, affordable health care.

Christopher Dodd

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.

Geraldine Ferraro