"I raised my three teens with love, perseverance, tenacity, sweat, tears, prayers, lighting candles, and the list could go on."

“Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief.”

“I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.”

“You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.”

“Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it...If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

“The enemy advances and you tremble. They've better numbers, you say. Better weapons. Better training. But I do not fear, and neither should you. For what they have in material, they lack in conviction and care. But not us. We have discipline. We have order. And most importantly, we have passion. We believe! So maintain vigilance. Conserve your ammo. Ensure a proper line of sight. And above all else, men, do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”

“Love doesn't need reason. It speaks from the irrational wisdom of the heart.”

“The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.”

Source : "The cure is working" by Alistair Darling, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2009.

“Men fear to lose as much as they hope to gain.”

Source : Drayton Bird (2007). “Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing”, p.372, Kogan Page Publishers