Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
The hands behind me gave me another shove.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.