Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

Jim Valvano

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Mahatma Gandhi

Morality is suspecting other people of not being legally married.

George Bernard Shaw

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

George Bernard Shaw

Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try.

Claude Mermet

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Victor Hugo

There shall he love when genial morn appears, Like pensive Beauty smiling in her tears.

Thomas Campbell

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace; I was a drum major for righteousness. I want to leave a committed life behind.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.

Yo-Yo Ma

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.

Julianne Hough

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

Barbra Streisand

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.

June Jordan