The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Mark Caine
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
Rose Kennedy
Not everything is about you,"Clary said furiously."Possibly,"Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are.
Cassandra Clare
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Edward Gibbon
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
A.A. Milne