A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

Logan Pearsall Smith

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

Martin Luther

For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.

Harry Browne

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

Alicia Keys

I wasn't always black... There was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

Bill Cosby

One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side.

Ally Condie

It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.

Lewis B. Smedes

I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say My tooth is aching than to say My heart is broken.

C.S. Lewis

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

LeBron James

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb