Character is what we are, while reputation is merely what we are perceived to be by others. -John Wooden
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. -Mary McLeod Bethune
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on to their money and everything they have. --John Lee Hooker
Sometimes you've got to let everything go -purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything . . . whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you'll find that when you're free, your true creativity, your true self comes out. --Tina Turner
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. --Booker T. Washington
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. --Chiang Kai-Shek
At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion. --Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect. --Benny Hill
