A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

Rip Torn

Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality

Kahlil Gibran

I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.

Caroline Kennedy

Let us not seek to bring religion to others, but let us endeavor to live it ourselves.

Paul Tournier

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.

Robert G. Ingersoll

They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.

Ogden Nash

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our organization, which often makes a man's course seem crooked, his conduct a riddle

Abraham Lincoln

The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.

Fran Tarkenton

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Thomas Carlyle

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

John M. Barrie, The Little Minis

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.

Judith Wright

There's a lot of stress out there, and to handle it, you just need to believe in yourself; always go back to the person that you know you are, and don't let anybody tell you any different, because everyone's special and everyone's awesome.

McKayla Maroney