Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.

The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.

Johann von Goethe

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

John Bradshaw

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

Benjamin Disraeli

After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.

Patti Davis

Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

Sir Winston Churchill

Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.

Dwight D Eisenhower

There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

Drew Barrymore

It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?

Jeanette Winterson

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

Alice Walker

The War is over - the rebels are our countrymen again.

Ulysses Simpson Grant, Said to p