To him who is determined it remains only to act.

No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

Plato

I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends.

Alexa Vega

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living.

Thabo Mbeki

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.

Mark Twain

Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.

James Baldwin

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Albert Schweitzer

What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve this mystery? Why should it make a fool of me?

Cole Porter

I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't.

Buck Owens

I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.

T. Boone Pickens

I've had the time to go through all the life phases with my parents, from being a bratty teenager, pushing them away, to saying later on, 'Oh my God, I can't believe what you did for me - thank you. I love you so much.

Marcia Cross

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

John Doolittle

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Flora Edwards