John Lennon:

• "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life."

President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet, The West Wing:

• "We don't need martyrs right now. We need heroes. A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it."

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

• "To love is no to look at one another: it is to look, together, in the same direction."

Unknown:

• "Judge me all you want, just keep the verdict to yourself."
• "You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry."
• "Just remember, beautiful pictures develop from the negatives in a dark room. So, if you see darkness in your life, just be reassured that a beautiful picture is being prepared."

Michelle Obama:

• "One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am."