I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed.

Henry Miller

We are to get wisdom and understanding, yet we are not to lean on it apart from the Lord.

John C. Maxwell

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

Benjamin Netanyahu

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.

George Washington

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

John W. Gardner

I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.

Calvin Klein

Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule -- these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.

Bhagavad Gita

Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five

Arthur Koestler

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Mark Twain

Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.

Nancy Long

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problem.

Mahatma Gandhi

Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married.

Nicole Appleton