Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

And almost everyone when age, disease, or sorrows strike him, inclines to think there is a God, or something very like him.

Arthur H. Clough

It is from prayer that the spirit's victory springs.

Schillerbuch

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

Thomas Hobbes

You can't let your past hold your future hostage.

LL Cool J

I know where I'm putting my money.

Marc Andreessen

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country!

Benjamin Franklin

By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.

Adolf Hitler

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

Felix Baumgartner

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

Ruben Studdard

For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.

Aristotle

Widows are divided into two classes -- the bereaved and relieved.

Victor Robinson

A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.

Camille Anna Paglia