"Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around."
Buddy Buie and J.R. Cobb, "Rock Bottom" (song)

"When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either."
Leo Burnett

"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth."
Ludwig Börne

"No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."
Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 01-04-04

"Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out."
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)

"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time."
Rabbinical Saying

"Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it."
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

"We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be."
George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary critic, playwright and essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)

"Everyone is a prisoner of his own experience. No one can eliminate prejudices--just recognize them."
Edward R. Murrow

"Maturity is the fine line between life and experience."
Sasha Azevedo (American actor, athlete and model)