One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
—Mahatma Gandhi
When I see somebody 'suffering for their art', it%uFFFDs usually a case of them not knowing where that red line is, not knowing where the sovereignty lies.
—Hugh Macleod
Voices that loud are always meant to bully. Do not be bullied. Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and, yes your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world.
—Anna Quindlen
A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.
—Kate Clinton
Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.
—Elizabeth Aston
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
—John Wayne
A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.
—Albert Schweitzer
It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.
—Jennifer Hudson
One can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.
—Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
—Pythagoras
Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.
—Michael Masser and Linda Creed
Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
—William Blake
You have to be careful who you let define your good.
—Lois McMaster Bujold
Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.
—Georges Rouault
I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.
—Thomas Jefferson