Real Courage, You Know You're Licked, You Begin Anyway, Atticus Finch, Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - (Atticus Finch) ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Found on Goodreads, at https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3275794-to-kill-a-mockingbird.

Life, Too Important, Ever Talk Seriously, Oscar Wilde

“Life is far too important to ever talk seriously about.” - Oscar Wilde

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 32.

People, Trust Their Government, Barack Obama

"If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost." - Barack Obama

Found on BrainyQuote at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409130.

Children, Great Comfort, Old Age, Lionel Kaufman

“Children are a great comfort in your old age, and they help you reach it faster, too.” - Lionel Kaufman

Found in Age Happens: The Best Quotes About Growing Older, Selected by Bruce Lansky, page 23.

Born a Women, Drag Queen, Dolly Parton

“It's a good thing that I was born a woman, or I'd have been a drag queen.” - Dolly Parton, rags-to-riches country music mogul.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 21.

Lawyers, Children, Charles Lamb

“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” - Charles Lamb

Found in Quotes to Live By: Words That Inspire Those Who Inspire Us, by F+W Media, Inc., page 98.

Graveyards, Indispensable Men, Charles De Gaulle

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” - Charles De Gaulle

Found in Great Quotes from Great Leaders, by Peggy Anderson, page 93.