The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

Marcel Proust

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.

Marguerite Gardiner

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

Thomas Jefferson

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.

Proverb

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

Arne Duncan

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

Jodi Picoult

Students of the Ichi school Way of strategy should train from the start with the sword and long sword in either hand. This is the truth: when you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do so, and to die with a weapon yet undrawn.

Miyamoto Musashi

He was massive, a veritable Arnold Schwarzenegger of a cat, with a wide, handsome face and a proud, lionish expression.

Nicholas Dodman

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

Richard Branson

Do those people who hold up the Bible as an inspiration tomoral rectitude have the slightest notion of what is actually writtenin it?

Richard Dawkins

The greatest art belongs to the world. Do not be intimidated by the experts. Trust your instincts. Do not be afraid to go against what you were taught, or what you were told to see or believe. Every person, every set of eyes, has the right to the truth.

Blue Balliett

Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.

Aldous Huxley