If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.Maya Angelou
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.Kahlil Gibran