Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.

Niccolo Machiavelli

It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do not be afraid to ask for help. Nobody gets through college on their own.

Michelle Obama

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

Jane Austen

She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.

Anna Godbersen

So my great love for thee lies tranquil, deep, Forever; though above it passions fierce, Ambition, hatred, jealousy; like waves That seem from earth's core to the sky to leap, But ocean's depths can never really pierce; Hide its great calm, while all the surface raves.

Francis William Bourdillon

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;Or close the wall up with our English dead!In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility:But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger.

William Shakespeare

If they look as though they're worried, we'll move in.''And do what exactly?' said Polly.'Threaten to shoot them,' said Maladict firmly.'And if they don't believe us?''Then we'll threaten to shoot them ,' said Maladict. 'Happy? And I hope to hell they've got some coffee!

Terry Pratchett

The second he slipped inside of me, all I'd doubted, questioned, or feared evaporated, leaving me with one single, definite truth--I'd fallen in love with him in an all-consuming blaze that would blind me if I wasn't careful. We fit together like poorly cut puzzle pieces, but when the edges joined and were positioned just right, our scattered images came together to create a solid, deliberate piece of art, completely crystal clear and in focus. I was a goner.

Rachael Wade

When I did it with Johnny, it was almost a telepathic kind of communication.

Edgar Winter

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.

Suzanne Collins

Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement.

Ana Hart