I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

Life is a classroom in which each of us is being tested, tried, and passed.

Robert Thibodeau

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

Thomas Paine

Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail.

Criss Jami

The winds of tribulation blow out some men's candles of commitment.(Maxwell) Our job in recovery is to protect our candle from those winds.

Roger Stark

One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god.

Jean Rostand

In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true.

Joe Shuster

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

An Wang

I write about romance and passion to savour love twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

Angeline M. Bishop

Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God.

Alexander Pope

I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in holding to that extremity throughout their lives.

Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of

I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer.

James Green Somerville

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.

William S. Burroughs