Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.--Hans Christian Andersen
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.--Maya Angelou (quoted in Mind Your Own Bizniche by Squire)
Committing yourself is a way of finding out who you are. A man finds his identity by identifying.--Robert Terwilliger
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.--Carol Mosely-Braun
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.--Robert F. Bennett
Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.--Eleanor Roosevelt
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.--Janis Joplin
