My Favorite Quotes

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." (Frederick Douglass)

"The most damaging phrase in the language is: "It's always been done that way." (Rear Admiral Grace Hopper)

"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for EVERYONE and greater strength for our nation." (President John F. Kennedy)

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self." (Cyril Connolly)

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." Dale Carnegie

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." [Frederick Douglass]

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one... I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one." (John Lennon's song "Imagine")

"I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE. Not just about my ability to bring about real change in Washington ... I am asking you to believe in yours." Senator Obama.