You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises -- but only performance is reality.

Harold S. Geneen

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Ezra Pound

It is better to be safe than sorry.

Proverb

The myths have always condemned those who looked back. Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.

Dag Hammarskjold

My mom is great and I make sure that we pray together before every race. She helps me put everything in perspective and remind me of the real reason I run.

Allyson Felix

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

William Shakespeare

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

Yoko Ono

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Henry Van Dyke

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

Ann Richards

They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.

Henry David Thoreau

If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to -- and you will -- leave, and be something else.

Peggy Noonan