Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. - Charles Spurgeon

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

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Religion is the opium of the masses.

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Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don't do it again. Ever. ― Anthony Bourdain

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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.

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Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

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We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I answered, it was a pretense. I was not interested in my work either. There was only one thing that interested us, and she knew it. She had made it plain by her coming.

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There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas a book explodes a thousand times.

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God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure. - Eric Liddell

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