Margaret Lee Runbeck - Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

Tony Blair - The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

H. G. Wells - Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

Jimmy Carter - I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Warren G. Harding - America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

Gustav Mahler - If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

Helen Rowland- A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.

Thomas J. Watson - Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up

Mary Webb - Nature's music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.

Zoraida Pesante - I am not a perfect mother and I will never be. You are not a perfect daughter and you will never be. But put us together and we will be the best mother and daughter we would ever be.

Audre Lorde - My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.

Nitya Prakash - And you thought saying “I love you” was hard? Try saying “I miss you” once you’ve parted ways.

Frank Ocean - I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and a woman; but between love and love.

Elbert Hubbard - Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Chaz Bono - Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

J.R.R. Tolkein - I will not say: Do not weep; For not all tears are evil.