For every sacrifice, there is an expectation of reward.

Add a task to a busy person's plate, and it will get done in short order. Add a task to the plate of someone with nothing to do, and it will never get done.

Within the mind there are no lies-no possibility of deceiving oneself; and yet, somehow we all manage to bypass the safety of truth in pursuit of dangerous desires.

Ignorance speaks loudly, so as to be heard; but its volume proves reason to doubt every word.

To hate is to deprive oneself of energy better spent on worthwhile endeavors.

No amount of hatred can prevent an enemy from being right sometimes.

A family ship will never sink until it is abandoned by its crew.