"The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach."

“More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor”

“On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.”

“I'm an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and one of the children, his wish was to go to the Emmys, so he's going to be my date, along with my husband, and my dad and his girlfriend. So we're going to have a really fun night and it's going to be really exciting. I'm really excited for him to experience that.”

“A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.”

Source : Closing Remarks by Mrs. Bush at the White House Conference on School Libraries, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. June 04, 2002.

“You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You've got to be ready to walk through them.”

“Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back”

“Competence is a great creator of confidence.”

Source : Mary Jo Putney (2000). “The Burning Point”, Berkley Publishing Group

“Do not let emotions fluctuate with the up and down of your capital.”