"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality." -Abraham Lincoln

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -John Wooden

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." -William Shakespeare 

"No matter how hard  the past, you can  always  begin again." - Buddha

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand." - Henri Nouwen