"Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work."

“Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in case of being wounded. This was all the more necessary under these circumstances, as many of them were still covered with coal dust.”

Source : Richard Hough (2003). “Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century”, p.33, The Overlook Press

“As early as second grade I remember feeling really different and isolated. I had the hugest crush on a boy, and my best friend had a crush on him, too. One day he said to me, 'I like your best friend more because she's paler and she has freckles.' And it was right then that I began to feel like, Oh wow, I'm different.”

“It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.”

Source : Alistair Begg (2009). “The Hand of God: Finding His Care in All Circumstances”, p.167, Moody Publishers

“Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!”

“I know you're all saying I can go to the moon but I can't find Pasadena.”

“The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration.”

“You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.”

“Some day there will have to be some new rules established about name-calling. I don't mean the routine cursing that goes on between husband and wife, but the naming of defenseless, unsuspecting babies.”