A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. --J.Barrymore

If anybody doubts or looks down upon me, that will be my driving force.--Michael Jordan

Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.--Francis Bacon

People, even more than things,have to be restored ,revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

Weep no more, no sigh, nor groan. Sorrow calls no time that's gone.--John Fletcher

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. --Johan Goethe, German poet and dramatist

Life is really a game of trade-offs. As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity, speed for thoroughness, passion for reason. These exchanges may not always seem fair, but at every age, there are some advantages.

A leader does not impose a decision, he moulds it.

Do certain things induce a subtle feeling of importance or superiority? Does the lack of them make you feel inferior to others who have more than you? Do you casually mention things you own or show them off to increase your sense of worth in someone else’s eyes and through them in your own? Do you feel resentful or angry and somehow diminished in your sense of self when someone else has more than you or when you lose a prized possession? --A New Earth