"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
James Baldwin
"I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else."
Deirdre O'Kane
Inspiration
I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'.
Bernie Mac
"It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition."
Augusto Roa Bastos
"Old photographs are very deceiving, they give us the illusion that we are alive in them, and it's not true, the person we are looking at no longer exists, and if that person could see us, he or she would not recognise him -- or herself in us, 'Who's that looking at me so sadly,' he or she would say."
José Saramago
"Aricles and I are married. The Greek god Apollo found out and he threatened to discredit and shame me before the other gods unless Aricles refused to fight. To protect my honor and name, he has allowed all of you to insult and attack him, and I will not stand for him to be hurt again. By anyone.' Bathymaas."
Sherrilyn Kenyon
"No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched."
George Jean Nathan
"Who can save a wretched soul? Only the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ."
Unknown
Inspiration
But it is equally incontrovertible that if our intelligence gathering process is seriously flawed, we had better find out and find out fast if we are to avoid another Sept. 11.
Adam Schiff
Inspiration
To be conscientious. You must first be conscious.
Akiroq Brost
"It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to it all."
Heinrich Heine
Inspiration
Demonstrating integrity is indispensable for leaders.
Scott K. Edinger