Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them to become what they are capable of being. Johann W von Goethe

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr. Strength to Love, 1963

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life. Ronald Reagan

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. Franklin D. Roosevelt

It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends. J. K. Rowling

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him Martin Luther King Jr..

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. Eleanor Roosevelt

We need men who can dream of things that never were. John F. Kennedy

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. Helen Keller

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977

I cannot live without books. Thomas Jefferson

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. Confucius

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Marie Curie

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. Marie Curie

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle

We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. George W. Bush Speech after 9/11 attacks

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln

She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. Groucho Marx

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us Ralph Waldo Emerson

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader John Quincy Adams

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever Mahatma Gandhi

The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he/she can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, But how many questions he/she inspires them to ask him/her which he finds it hard to answer Alice Wellington Rollins

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand. Native American saying

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats

Beauty to me is being comfortable in your own skin. Gwyneth Paltrow

Teenagers travel in droves, packs, swarms.... To the librarian, they're a gaggle of geese. To the cook, they're a scourge of locusts. To department stores, they're a big beautiful exaltation of larks... all lovely and loose and jingly. Bernice Fitz-Gibbon