Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal. – Jerome Fleishman
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. – Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires
My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. – Emily Mortimer
