“We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm. Some are on super-yachts. Some have just the one oar.” ~ Damian Barr

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." ~ Gertrude Stein

"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom." ~ Umberto Eco

"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd." ~ Rumi

"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~ Tommy Lasorda

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~ Thomas Edison

“The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here." ~ Robert Ingersoll

"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." ~ Mother Teresa

“There are two sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in between.” ~ Robert Nicholson

"Memories of our lives, of our works, and our deeds will continue in others." ~ Rosa Parks

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again." ~ Abraham Maslow

"Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour." ~ Walt Mhitman

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." ~ H.P. Lovercraft

“Outcome-Directed Thinking: Questions That Turn Things Around.” by Vikki Clawson and Bob Bostrom

“Everyone has opinions of how it should be done. It is your job to figure out what is right.” ~ Jozie Nicholson

"Listen to the Mustn'ts, child,

listen to the Don'ts.

Listen to the Shouldn'ts,

the Impossibles, the Won'ts.

Listen to the Never Haves,

Then listen close to me.

Anything can happen, child,

Anything can be." ~ Shel Silverstien

"In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers." ~ Fred Rogers

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~ John Wooden

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~Winston Churchill

"Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them." ~ Jack Canfield