"Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one's eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced."

“This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.”

“So often the difference between success and failure is belief. Belief leads to action and execution.”

“One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy.”

“The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career. The sport I had loved so much was slowly becoming a nightmare as I trained with Bela and Marta Karolyi the summer before the Olympics.”

Source : Dominique Moceanu (2012). “Off Balance: A Memoir”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

“I love my mother, not as a prisoner of atherosclerosis, but as a person; and I must love her enough to accept her as she is, now, for as long as this dwindling may take.”

“The natives of England are closing their doors to relationships with Asians and Africans or, for that matter, Turks and Spaniards. While the Africans and Asians on their part are increasingly closing their doors too and resentment at both sides is increasing. This trend can be dangerous. It can lead, sooner or later, to violence - even in this country, which is traditionally an opponent of violence.”

Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

“Sometimes the things we really want are right in front of us. We just don't see them.”

“I love to see people win. You can literally see a person change through achievement on this emotional and spiritual level.”

Source : "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.