He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

Pervez Musharraf

With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today. ... we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.

Ronald Reagan

Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

Benjamin Franklin

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

Leo Tolstoy

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely happier for it.

Thomas Jefferson

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.

Patti Smith

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Adrienne Rich

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other author's really.

Paul Kane

To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.

Confucius

I do follow a version of the Dukan diet, but I don't follow it to the extreme so a lot of fish and vegetables. If I want chocolate I'll let myself have a bit of chocolate in moderation.

Katherine Jenkins

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

Aldous Huxley

I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you.

Nicole Richie