You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Elihu Root

You are the music while the music lasts.

T. S. Eliot

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thomas Carlyle

There are incalculable resources in the human spirit, once it has been set free.

Hubert Humphrey

Stupid dreams.Even the good ones are bad because they remind you how porly reality measures up.

Neal Shusterman

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Anita Roddick

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.

Henry Miller

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

[T]he downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large.

Massimo Pigliucci

Patience can be bitter but her fruit is always sweet.

Habeeb Akande

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

Deepak Chopra

I think we're in trouble if people don't stop thinking everything that's going wrong is due to accidental opinions.

James Dye