You cannot have the success without the failures.

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.

Dwight L. Moody

I was very glad that Mr. Attlee described my speeches in the war as expressing the will not only of Parliament but of the whole nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless and, as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it, and if I found the right words you must remember that I have always earned my living by my pen and by my tongue. It was a nation and race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Sir Winston Churchill

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

Michael Jordan

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Marcus Aurelius

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman.

Marilyn Monroe

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

H. L. Mencken

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.

Jane Austen

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

Belva Lockwood

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

Charles Kuralt

People with high ideals don't necessarily make good politicians. If clean politics is so important, we should leave the job to scientists and the clergy.

Michio Watanabe

When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

Diana Nyad