Life goes on, having nowhere else to go.

Who you are isn't tied solely to what you say, even though it may feel that way to you now.

—Diane Ackerman

It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.

—Diane Ackerman

Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.

—Diane Ackerman

The knowing, I told myself, is only a vapor of the mind, and yet it can wreck havok with one's sanity.

—Diane Ackerman

The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it.

—Diane Ackerman

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

—Carl Sandburg

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

—Robert A. Heinlein

All the laws made for the betterment of workers’ lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened, wages go up, conditions are better — only if the workers protest.

—Mary Heaton Vorse

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.

—Laurence J. Peter

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt