A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

Mclandburgh Wilson

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Helen Keller

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.

Charles J. Givens

The gates of Hell are open night and day; smooth the descent, and easy is the way: but, to return, and view the cheerful skies; in this, the task and mighty labor lies.

Virgil

The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over 0 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.

Jim Clyburn

No one can arrive from being talented alone. God gives talent; work transforms talent into genius.

Anna Pavlova

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

Soren Kierkegaard

I have come with this message: since our gods and our aspirations are no longer anything but scientific, why shouldn't our loves be so too?

Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Ad

To measure the man, measure his heart.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes

I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.

Tom Cruise

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

Frank Crane