The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Henry Ward Beecher

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

Christopher Hitchens

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Albert Einstein

A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.

Atticus

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

William Shakespeare