“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.”
"The establishment of civil and religious liberty was the motive which induced me to the field."
- John Jay
Motivation
"Those who own the country ought to govern it."
- John Jay
Leadership
"No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent."
- John Jay
Respect
"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other."
- John Jay
Connection to Earth
"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts."
- John Jay
Spirituality
"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."
- Beauty and the Beast
Relationships
"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."
- Nick Cannon
Relationships
"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."
Relationships
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."
- Donald E. Westlake
Relationships
"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."
- Lucille Ball
Relationships