"Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault."

“Internal character: how you behave when no one is watching.”

“The way I see it, Messi is the best player in history. He is the one who changes the course of games; he's the best. There is no comparison in my view; he's the world number one and by a margin.”

“Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.”

“Everybody is going through the same thing. The way the schedule is, it's tough down the stretch.”

“I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.”

“A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows.”

“It's not always about survival, this life we are given; it's usually so much easier than that. It's about trusting the eternal life force that is flowing within us-letting that force lead the way through all of the inevitable changes we will face across the span of our time here on Earth.”

Source : Elizabeth Lesser (2010). “Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow”, p.291, Random House

“I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal.”

Source : James Henry Hammond (1866). “Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina”, p.126