When you give another person the power to define you, then you also give them the power to control you.

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

Isaac Disraeli

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

Eldridge Cleaver

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

Friedrich August von Hayek

There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.

Source Unknown

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Thomas Carlyle

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it.

Edward Koch

There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.

Fergie

The entertainment business is hard on relationships, but it's just as hard on your own spiritual well-being. It's easy to lose focus, to forget your priorities and wander from the path. There is not any one thing you can do to survive this desert. It's a matter of maintenance, of the small things you do every day and every week to keep the engine running smoothly.

Ralph Winter, Behind the Screen

Blood will have Blood

William Shakespeare

I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.

Jenna Bush

Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?

Camille Paglia

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

David Wilkerson