"It is a quiet truth that courage is not the absence of trembling, but the decision to step forward regardless."

"It is a quiet truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach."

"In the arithmetic of human affection, the more you give, the more you retain. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Talent develops in quiet, Character in the torrent of the world."

"If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse."

"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this."

"Obama has made America cool again - and more than that, he's made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known."