Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

The only difference between dreams and achievements is hard work.

My parents tried so hard to do what they could to keep us in school, but school didn't last but four months out of the year and most of the time we didn't have clothes to wear.

Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.

Why can’t I drink the potion instead?” asked Harry desperately. “Because I am much older, much cleverer, and much less valuable,” said Dumbledore.

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.

When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.