The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalber

Now I wantSpirits to enforce, art to enchant;And my ending is despair,Unless I be relieved by prayer

William Shakespeare

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

David Wilkerson

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

H. L. Mencken

Eve and the apple was the first great step in experimental science.

James Bridie

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Julian Bond

Brittle beauty, that Nature made so frail, Whereof the gift is small, and short the season; Flowering to-day, to-morrow apt to fail; Tickle treasure, abhorred of reason: Dangerous to deal with, vain, of none avail; Costly in keeping, past not worth two peason.

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.

Benjamin Franklin

When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.

Paulo Coelho

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

John Muir

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough.

Richard M. DeVos

I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.

Jonathan Kozol