Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

People do terrible things to each other, but it's worse in the places where everybody is kept in the dark.

There isn't doubt about that, everyone dies.

To generalize on women is dangerous. To specialize on them is infinitely worse.

The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

The older generation sat looking at the younger, and Kat wondered exactly when and how the baton had been passed. She wanted to know if it was too late to give it back.

Writers were a strange sort; I knew that much from the newspapers.

Core competence, as it is used by many managers, is a dangerously inward-looking notion. Competitiveness is far more about doing what customers value than doing what you think you're good at.

Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.

Tradition was safety; change was danger.

I consider all my films an experiment, at least in my mind.