Leader·Leadership, David Gergen

A leader’s role is to raise people’s aspirations for what they can become, and to release their energies so they will try to get there.

- David Gergen (1942- )

Desert, Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forest Gump (1994)

The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.

― Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump from Forest Gump

Study, Confucius (孔子)

Study the past if you would define the future.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Beauty, John Donne

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.

- John Donne (1572-1631)

Life, Hellenic Proverb

It will not always be summer.

- Hellenic Proverb

Attitude, Harry S. Truman

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

- Harry S. Truman (1884–1972)

Love, James Garner as Noah Calhoun/"Duke" from The Notebook (2004)

They didn't agree on much. In fact, they rarely agreed on anything. They fought all the time, and they challenged each other every day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.

- James Garner as Old Noah Calhoun/"Duke" from The Notebook (2004)