Charles Flint

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

"Call me Ishmael."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

"What we think, we become."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"Be the change you want to see in the world."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease."

"The art of living is the art of avoiding pain."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

"Science is not about certainty, it is about probability."

"History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"Money is a good servant but a bad master."

"The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think."

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"The best revenge is massive success."

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions."

"Courage is grace under pressure."

"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday."