"Private victories precede public victories."

“The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.”

“All human happiness revolves around love. Love is central to the bonds on which a family is built.”

Source : Margaret Way (2005). “His Heiress Wife”, Thorndike Press

“I'd rather get a nice warmup suit. That's something I can use. Gold medals just sit there. When I get old, maybe I could sell them if I need the money.”

“I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.”

Source : Source: foggysapphires.wordpress.com

“And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take.”

Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin

“Ultimately the body will rebel. Even if it can be temporarily pacified with the help of drugs, cigarettes or medicine, it usually has the last word because it is quicker to see through self-deception than the mind. We may ignore or deride the messages of the body, but its rebellion demands to be heeded because its language is the authentic expression of our true selves and of the strength of our vitality.”

“Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Feb 15, 2013

“Discard your former slave-master's names and be willing and ready to accept one of Allah's Pure and Righteous Names that He Alone will give our people from His Own Mouth! A good name is, indeed, better than gold.”