A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.