Ideas are like wandering sons.They show up when you least expect them.

NOTHING IS STRONGER THAN THE RESILIENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. (found in an ad at Goodreads, but similar to the following quote by Bern Williams) : Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.

Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.

A half-truth is usually less than half of that.

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.