"Nothing in the world… not all the armies… is as powerful as an idea whose time has come." -- Victor Hugo

“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.” -- Garrison Keillor

"One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise." -- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"History is a vast early warning system." -- Norman Cousins

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -- Dr. Seuss

"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain-- and most fools do." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." - Douglas Adams

 "The hardest thing in life is to learn which bridges to cross and which to burn." - Laurence Peter

Every man is 'a drop in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea. But it seems that some of the drops sparkles... some of them do sparkle.' - Alan Jay Lerner