To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!

Alfred A. Montapert

Stern is the on-look of necessity,Not without shudder may a human handGrasp the mysterious urn of destiny.

Friedrich von Schiller, The Deat

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Aristotle

We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

Jay Inslee

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

Francis Beaumont

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The adherents of the old order have a powerful ally in the natural law of inertia inherent in humanity which is, as it were, a natural defense against change. Thus pacifism faces no easy struggle. The question of whether violence or law shall prevail between states is the most vital of the problems of our eventful era, and the most serious in its repercussions. The beneficial results of a secure world peace are almost inconceivable, but even more inconceivable are the consequences of the threatening world war which many misguided people are prepared to precipitate. The advocates of pacifism are well aware how meager are their resources of personal influence and power. They know that they are still few in number and weak in authority, but when they realistically consider themselves and the ideal they serve, they see themselves as the servants of the greatest of all causes.

Bertha von Suttner, 1905

I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk.

Paulo Coelho

Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.

Taylor Hackford

If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge through what he has communicated to us.

Francis Schaeffer

The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.

George Bernard Shaw

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Robert H. Schuller