What are the "State" links for?

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Adversity does not build character…it reveals it." - John Wooden

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt." - William Van Horne

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller

"We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way."
Thomas Mann

"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." - Mahatma Gandhi

"Our lives end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A man that doesn't stand for something will fall for anything." - Peter Marshall

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer