None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots. – Thurgood Marshall
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.” – Dan Rather
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this. – Miguel de Cervantes
Angry men are blind and foolish, for reason at such a time takes flight and, in her absence, wrath plunders all the riches of the intellect, while the judgment remains the prisoner of its own pride. – Pietro Aretino
I have never been given to envy – save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. – Paul Getty
