" I never got to tell him again that he really was wrong, that miles didn’t matter, not if you loved someone. That borders and oceans weren’t obstacles, not for the mind. I wished I’d been able to tell him these things, because saying them out loud to someone real, instead of a mirror or a picture postcard, would have made them all the more convincing.” "

— Emylia Hall

" It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” "

— Leonardo Da Vinci

" Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. "

— Roy T. Bennett

" We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something. "

— Marie Curie

" "Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life." "

— Shakuntala Devi

" "I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio." "

— Rodney Dangerfield