The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

When will there be justice in Athens? There will be justice in Athens when those who are not injured are as outraged as those who are.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.

Hope is an expensive commodity. It makes better sense to be prepared.

Fantasies are the escape that every prisoner of the soul indulges in.

Those who have suffered in the hands of others, know what it is to be free.

Only the wicked understand the ways of the wicked, my dear. ~Madame Zelda to Roller Deb

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

The idea that human kind can shape the world according to wish is what I call the fatal conceit

Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible.

Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.

Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission.

The pointless snide remarks of hammerheaded sharks

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.