Lincoln's stepmother probably did not teach him very much, but she kindled his mind and encouraged him. He did the work and put in the hours on his own.

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

Al Capp

But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy.

Pierre Laval

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

Rachel Stevens

World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.

Albert Schweitzer

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

Denis Waitley

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

Steve Jobs

The most important thing I gained from my travels was the knowledge that one could achieve anything with determination and an ounce of luck.

Stefan Waydenfeld

Before my accidents, there were ten thousands things I could do. I could spend the rest of my life dwelling on the things that I had lost, but instead I chose to focus on the nine thousand I still had left.

W. Mitchell

The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.

Orson Welles

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use.

George A. Dorsey

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but - more frequently than not - struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God

Martin Luther King Jr.