“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”

“Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue.”

“Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

“What you were sure of yesterday, you know now to be false, but what you are sure of today is absolutely true.”

“glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday and dream of who you can be tomorrow…”

“Lemony Snicket: (narrating) But the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two years after that, and even Sunny, who had just passed out of babyhood, was not born yesterday. Neither were you, unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.”

“Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday.”

“If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.”

“Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.”

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”