Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Why should we be in such desperate hast to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Henry David Thoreau

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.

Thomas J. Watson

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

Anthony Trollope

Dumbledore says people find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

J.K. Rowling

People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

Ann Brashares

Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.

William Ellery Channing

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.

Thomas Francis Meagher

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.

Leo Tolstoy

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

Tony Benn

We're all the same. We all want the same thing in life. Everybody going around like ants and we all want the same thing. And it's not one queen. It's not one queen with the wings.

Andrea Corr

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Nelson Mandela

If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?

Bo Bennett