the word fate is used by people who have lost sight of who they are - CK, Smallville, Season 8

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation, as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.  - Charles Caleb Colton 

losing has its benefits; losing always enforces change - Dan, OTH, S6

sometimes the beauty is in the attempt - OTH, S6

"die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt" which roughly translates to "hope dies last".

blood is purified through blood - burkert

the difference between intelligence and wisdom is humility -lawrance chow (supposedly)

i like competent people. they're predictable - unknown

For the service of humanity - on the side of all ambulance service vehicles

absence of evidence is not evidence of absence - Carl Sagan

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. - Barrack Obama