William Jennings Bryant

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for: it is a thing to be achieved.