But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Henry Ward Beecher

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

Robert Griffin III

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

Mark Fidrych

Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food.

Kate Smith

I'm from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island.

Evangeline Lilly

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Earl Nightingale

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn.

Kahlil Gibran

...because if there was one thing he didn't like it was big words, they just lied and covered things up, those big words, they didn't let what really was live and breathe but just carried it off into something that wanted to be big, that's what he thought...

Jon Fosse

We have preachers and savants who dilate endlessly on the sanctity of family and childhood but who tolerate a system in which a casual observer can correlate a child's social origin with its physical well-being.

Christopher Hitchens

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Fran Lebowitz

Please don't take my wings...

Randall Wallace

You already possess everything necessary to become great.

American Indian Proverb, Crow