“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his…

“Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.”

• Dale Carnegie

“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment…

“When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not…

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

• T. S. Eliot

“Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.”

• Roger Ebert

“Every child deserves a home. Period.”

• Dave Thomas

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

• William…

“Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”

• Voltaire

“Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.”

• J. R. R. Tolkien