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To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

—Abraham Lincoln, US president

If a man will begin with certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be
content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.

—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author

For many of us in this room today, let’s start out by admitting we’re lucky. We
don’t live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where
career choices for women were so limited.

—Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must
finish him.

—John Locke, English philosopher and physician

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but
reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

—Norman Vincent Peale, minister, author, and a pioneer of “positive thinking”