Mark Hopkins

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."

"Family is not an important thing, it's everything."

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"Change is the only constant in life."

"Knowledge is power."

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

"The truth will set you free."

"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something that people take."

"Peace begins with a smile."

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

"Science is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."

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

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

"Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life."

"All that we accomplish is due to the power of dreams."

"Humor is the most honest of all forms of communication."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another."

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"Where there is injustice, I will pursue justice."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths."

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger."

"Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world."