"The prophets of doom, in my experience, are generally ignored and usually right."

“...I remembered the rose bush that had reached a thorny branch out through the ragged fence, and caught my dress, detaining me when I would have passed on. And again the symbolism of it all came over me. These memories and visions of the poor--they were the clutch of the thorns. Social workers have all felt it. It holds them to their work, because the thorns curve backward, and one cannot pull away.”

“I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.”

“Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.”

Source : "17 Questions with Beau Mirchoff" by Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. May 27, 2012.

“The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks about making trouble and is in conflict with all.”

“Let us be servants in order to be leaders.”

“Why must every eleven minutes of my life be filled with misery?”

“Screen work always boils down to that moment between the camera and the actor or the actors. It always boils down to that, ultimately. You serve the camera.”

“In no department can a leader spend time more profitably than in the selection of the men who are to accomplish the work.”

Source : Douglas Mawson (2010). “The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914”, p.12, Lulu.com