"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

"A Lannister always pays his debts."

"Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

"Observe all men; thy self most."

"Pardon bad men is to injure good men."

"Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today."

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

"We must never allow regionalism or tribalism to divide us."

"No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated."

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front."