quotes...

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999

When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 4, 2003

Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.
Mike Ditka (1939 - )

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.
Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)