“You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.”

“A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.”

“Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.”

“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.”

“Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.”

“Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.”

“'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.”

“Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.”