"Let your mind alone, and see what happens." — Virgil Thomson

"Life is an adventure in forgiveness." — Norman Cousins

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion." — Nadia Boulanger

"Care and diligence bring luck." — Thomas Fuller

"Applause is a receipt, not a bill." — Dale Carnegie

"To begin, begin." — William Wordsworth

"I am a part of everything that I have read." — Theodore Roosevelt

"If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime." — Jack Kerouac

"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can." — Paul Tournier

"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." — John Irving