If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -- the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Denis Waitley

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

Ambrose Bierce

Too much zeal spoils everything.

Proverb

You need to be an adrenalin junkie when you travel with kids.

Graeme Le Saux

We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

Beth Ditto

That's right. Act like rejected . It's not like you tried to kill me or anything.

Cassandra Clare

...it is well know that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

Terry Pratchett

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

David Miliband

In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.

Stephen Hawking

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

Diane Keaton

I'd like to look like Madonna when I'm her age. I also look at athletes and love their bodies. I've always wanted to be muscly, not skinny. A lot of women yo-yo around, but I'm always aware if I'm getting a bit out of shape. I never look at the scales but I can just tell. It goes on my tum and bum.

Ellie Goulding

By seeking and blundering we learn.

Johann von Goethe