Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.
-John Ruskin
The Gods gave a microbe a drop of water, and in it he lived. They gave an ant a half acre of land, and he prospered. They gave a tiger the forest and he formed an empire and became an emperor. They gave man the Universe and all the knowledge therein. He entered of his own free will the dungeon of Dogma, shut his mind to truth and slew and starved his brothers.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view build for themselves great monuments of nothing.
-Steven Grayhm
There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are.
-Robert Brault
I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it.
-Charles M. Schulz
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.
It's not about what I SEE for our future, or humanity; It's about what I DO for our future and humanity.
-Steve Maraboli