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“As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Giant Wimbleweather burst into one of those not very intelligent laughs to which the nicer sort of Giants are so liable. He checked himself at once and looked as grace as a turnip by the time Reepicheep discovered where the noise came from.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
― John F. Kennedy

“There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Today there are more people who know the words to a television commercial than know the words in the Bible.”
― Billy Graham

“The state of convenience lies in the hands of proper planning. When you know this, you will become a good planner; and when you become a good planner, you save your life from stress!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Life is about getting and sharing. The more you share, the more you get ....and the more you get, the more your sharing responsibility multiplies.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Good thinking will improve your life. It will help you to become an achiever.”
― John C. Maxwell

“Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.”
― Billy Graham

“Our experience is coloured through and through by books and plays and the cinema, and it takes patience and skill to disentangle the things we have really learned from life for ourselves.”
― C.S. Lewis

“People often say that MOTIVATION does not last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Success is one thing you can’t pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day.
― Zig Ziglar

“Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.”
― George Washington

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