It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me.

No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading.

Orson Scott Card

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Walt Disney

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover -- but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Continue to be yourself because in the end that's what people will remember about you

Source Unknown

Man, I love coming home. St. Louis is actually hard to capture.

Chingy

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.

Thomas Merton

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.

Emile M. Cioran

The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells.

Source Unknown

Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.

Chinese Proverb

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

John Krasinski

Give time time.

Paulo Coelho