I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.

Malcolm X

You sleep safe in your beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do you harm.possible source: bbc broadcast april 4, 1942

George Orwell, (attributed)

All personal breakthroughs being with a change in beliefs. So how do we change? The most effective way is to get your brain to associate massive pain to the old belief. You must feel deep in your gut that not only has this belief cost you pain in the past, but it's costing you in the present and, ultimately, can only bring you pain in the future. Then you must associate tremendous pleasure to the idea of adopting a new, empowering belief.

Anthony Robbins

I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!

Steven Wright

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

David Rockefeller

Hope comes not from the people around you, but from yourself.

Alegna G. Granados

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

The Talmud

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

Leo Tolstoy

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Robert Schumann

Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while, and that was to help me get through school.

Mia Love

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Honore de Balzac

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.

William James