The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

Muhammad Ali

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention...A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

Rachel Naomi Remen

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Abigail Adams (1744-1818)

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

And children whose backgrounds have stunted their sense of the future need to be taught by example that they are good for more than they dared dream.

Kenneth Keniston