"I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life."

“We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.”

“All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible.”

“It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.”

Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.251, Courier Corporation

“I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silence so far, without spilling a drop.”

“The Chinese government thinks China and the U.S. should develop a constructive relationship of cooperation,”

Source : "China keeps watch on U.S. policy shifts" by Willy Wo-Lap Lam, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2001.

“Who we are is not who we can become.”

“The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.”

Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

“Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.”