The only thing that could spoil a day was people.... People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

The man for whom law exists the man of forms, the Conservative, is a tame man.

Henry David Thoreau

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.

Robert Foster Bennett

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Abdurrahman Wahid

The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We call first truths those we discover after all the others.

Albert Camus

This gift is from God and not of man's deserving. But certainly no one ever receives such a great grace without tremendous labor and burning desire.

Richard of Saint Victor

There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.

C. H. (Charles Haddon) Spurgeon

I wanted to be a teacher.

Kim Kardashian

Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.

Jodi Picoult

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

Christopher Parker

I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.

James Carville

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.

Edward Young