The fabric of North Carolina and what makes our state so special is our families and our common desire for a brighter future for our children. No matter what your family looks like, we all want the same thing for our families - happiness, health, prosperity, a bright future for our children and grandchildren.

Make a written list of everything you love.

Rhonda Byrne

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Henry David Thoreau

People don't want to see women doing things they don't think women should do.

Joan Jett

Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Susan B. Anthony

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

William Wrigley Jr.

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.

William Shakespeare

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

Roger Ebert

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Contempt

Jane Austen

Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.

F. M. Knowles

I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.

Christopher Hitchens

It is Basic Management 101 that if you reward failure you are going to get more failure, and if you want success you should reward success. But if you look at the way this administration has approached national security, they have kind of got that principle backwards.

Chris Van Hollen