"**** is the place where one has ceased to hope."
--A. J. Cronin
"I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'Id rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'"
--Tallulah Bankhead
"We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory."
--Cicero
If you would judge someone's character, wait till they're dealing with hard times:
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition aspired, and success achieved." --Helen Keller
"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars." --Elbert Hubbard
"Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man." --Felix Frankfurter
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