Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.

Marcel Proust

A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

Rainer Maria Rilke

My dream, is to dream, a dream.

Santosh Kalwar

Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I of dream things that never were, and say, Why not?

George Bernard Shaw

The simplest way to customize is to phone members of the audience in advance and ask them what they expect from your session and why they expect it. Then use their quotes throughout your presentation.

Alan Pease

Before a thunderstorm there is a build-up of tension which is only relieved by the explosive force of thunder and lightning. In human affairs there must be a clear distinction between the penalties for small and great crimes. Retribution for wrongdoing must be swiftly and surely applied if greater problems are to be prevented.

I Ching

A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being.

Katherine Anne Porter

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

Victor Hugo

A young girl was asked: Whose preaching brought you to Christ? It wasn't anybody's preaching; it was Aunt Mary's practicing, he replied. The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

George E. Mueller

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

Howie Mandel

Success is that old ABC -- ability, breaks, and courage.

Charles Luckman