Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.

'Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment of it, but be compelled to resign it after, at the most, some forty years' lease

William Makepeace Thackeray

A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.

Lao Tzu

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea.

Francis Bacon

If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Brandon Sanderson

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

Margaret Thatcher

The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed.

Soren Kierkegaard

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.

Emo Philips

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

Marcus Aurelius

Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.

Catherine Deneuve

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

John Clayton