"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself."

-- Mikhail Baryshnikov

"Every private citizen has a public responsibility."

-- Myra Janco Daniels

"Gratitude is the root of both goodness and happiness."

-- Dennis Prager

"A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment."

-- Harvey S. Firestone

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am."

-- Laura Schlessinger

"He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances"

-- David Hume