"Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."
- Markus Zusak
Hope
"Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day."
- Markus Zusak
Adversity
"Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are."
- Markus Zusak
Self-esteem
"“All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of them. Of those ten, six were stolen, one showed up at the kitchen table, two were made for her by a hidden Jew, and one was delivered by a soft, yellow-dressed afternoon.”"
- Markus Zusak
Reflection
"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement."
- Markus Zusak
New Beginnings
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition