Amateurs, Inspiration, Work, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King?page=2.

Duty of Our Generation, Solidarity, Weak, Persecuted, Lonely, Sick, Despair, Elie Wiesel

"This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century -- solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and those in despair. It is expressed by the desire to give a noble and humanizing meaning to a community in which all members will define themselves not by their own identity but by that of others." - Elie Wiesel

This can be found at http://www.wisdomquotes.com/authors/elie-wiesel/.

Love, Poverty, Toothache, Mae West

“Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache.” - Mae West

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 67.

One of the Lessons, Stay True, Goals, Michelle Obama

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.” - Michelle Obama

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, pages 22 – 23.

Optimism, Future, Take Responsibility, Noam Chomsky

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” ― Noam Chomsky

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2476.Noam_Chomsky.

Rich, Politician, Crook, Harry S. Truman

“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” ― Harry Truman

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/203941.Harry_Truman.

Cruelty, Weakness, Seneca

“All cruelty springs from weakness.” ― Seneca, Seneca's Morals: Of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4918776.Seneca.