The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.

Frank Sinatra

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

Paul Engle

Look, when that crowd gets to cheering, when we know they're with us, when we know they like us, we play better. A hell of a lot better!

Bill Carlin

The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling.

Christopher Alexander

When you say a friend has a sense of humor do you mean that he makes you laugh, or that he can make you laugh?

Max Frisch

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.

William Blake

Some problems are just too complicated for rational, logical solutions. They admit of insights, not answers.

Jerome Wiesner

I don't trust anybody in my life except my mother and my dogs.

Cheryl Cole

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

Dan Fogelberg

Happiness is a state of mind and not a state of possession. Be as you are and you will be happy, if you try to be someone else you will be miserable.

Apoorve Dubey

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Thornton Wilder

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sun Tzu