Patriotism is like charity—it begins at home.

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"She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliance!"

- Henry James

Love

"I’m yours forever—forever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours."

- Henry James

Love

"I think patriotism is like charity – it begins at home."

- Henry James

Belief

"“Patriotism is like charity—it begins at home.”"

- Henry James

Belief

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."

- Henry James

Compassion

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief