"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." -- Reginald B Mansell

"Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." -- David Lloyd George

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them." -- Livy

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. " -- Joan Baez

"We are what we think; as we desire so do we become! By our thoughts, desires, and habits, we either ascend to the full divine dignity of our nature, or we descend to suffer and learn. " -- J. Todd Ferrier

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. " -- Isaac Asimov

"When I dare to be powerful... to use my strength in the service of my Vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." -- Andre Lorde

"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." -- Malcolm Forbes