"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else."

Umberto Eco (1932 - )

"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

"Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure."

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

"You can fool too many of the people too much of the time."

James Thurber (1894 - 1961)

"Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious."

Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."

George Orwell (1903 - 1950)

"Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."

Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness."

Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

"We only know of one duty, and that is to love."

Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)

"Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

Martha Beck (1962- )

"He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

"Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have."

Edward Everett Hale (1822 - 1909)

"What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you."

Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."

Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)

"Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges make life worth living."

Mary Tyler Moore (1936 - )

"It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it."

Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870)

"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."

Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."

Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)

"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)

"The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being."

Jane Wyman (1914 - )

"Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power."

Oprah Winfrey (1954 - )

"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself."

Louis L'Amour (1908 - 1988)

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."

Rodin (1840 - 1917)

"The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end."

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)

"Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home."

Bill Cosby (1937 - )