
"Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education." -Victor Hugo

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down." -Arnold H. Glasow

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." -Winston Churchill

"Learn to self conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. St." -Teresa of Avila

"Originality and the feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!" -Logan P. Smith

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln

"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present-- which seldom happens to us." -La Bruyere

"I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes." -Bette Midler

"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him." -Booker T. Washington