[verity]

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

[verity]

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

[vathsala]

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

[verity]

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

[cmoneyspinner]

"Take My yoke upon and learn of Me; for My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

[verity]

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

[verity]

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

[Tendz]

"I can live for two months on a good compliment"– Mark Twain

[verity]

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

[vathsala]

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

[verity]

God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.

[Alaskah]

I have two that have stuck with me for a long time.

"Everything will be alright in the end - if it's not alright, it's not the end."

I have no clue who said it but it helped me through my younger years with depression.

Most recently, Gabbie Hanna said "Am I alright? No, but I will be". That definite "but I will be" has reiterated the first quote - everything will be fine.

[Tendz]

"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it"– Benjamin Franklin

[verity]

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.

[Tendz]

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people"– Martin Luther King, Jr.

[verity]

In the long years liker they must grow; The man be more of woman, she of man.

[Tendz]

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."– Voltaire

[verity]

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

[Tendz]

[verity]

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.