"You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act." Barbara Hall

"If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others." Tryon Edwards

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." James A. Froude

"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning." Anthony Trollope