The city became for me the ideal of what I wanted to be as a grown-up. Friendly, but never gushing, cool but not frigid or distant, distinguished without the awful stiffness. – Maya Angelou
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. – John Adams
I am no bird and no net ensnares me. I am a free human being with an independent will. – Charlotte Bronte
When you blame others, you give up your power to change. – Robert Anthony
People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. – J. Michael Straczynski
You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. – Albert Einstein
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. – Albert Ellis