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"[The Constitution] is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizens’ protection against the government." Ayn Rand

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn." ~Unknown

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." John Burroughs

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill

"A ship is safe in harbour, but that's not what ships are for." William Shedd

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." David Brinkley

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." Confucius

"A year from now you will wish you had started today." ~Karen Lamb

"All bad precedents begin with justifiable measures." Julius Caesar

"All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt." Charles Schultz

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." ~Judy Garland

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." Winston Churchill

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." Thomas à Kempis

"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be." Thomas à Kempis

"Be yourself, everyone else is taken." Oscar Wilde

"Chase your passion, not your pension." ~Denis Waitley

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." Winston Churchill

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr.

"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith." Henry Ward Beecher

"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the State. They forget that the State lives at the expense of everyone." Frederic Bastiat

"Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe." Saint Augustine

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope John Paul II

"God's will is not an itinerary, but an attitude." Andrew Dhuse

"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are there!" ~Old Saying

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." Marcus Tullius Cicero