"Love is the flower you've got to let grow." ~ John Lennon

"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." ~ Halford Luccock

"Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is 'timing' it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way." ~ Fulton J. Sheen

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~ Robert Frost

"Life has no remote; get up and change it yourself." ~ Mark Cooper

"One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others." ~ Laozi

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained." ~ Marie Curie

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." ~Martin Luther King Jr.

“Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.” ~ Mr. Magorium

"Change your inner thoughts to the higher frequencies of love, harmony, kindness, peace, and joy, and you'll attract more of the same." ~ Wayne Dyer

"When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better." ~ Maya Angelou

“When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.” ~ William Arthur Ward

"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice." ~ Steve Jobs

"Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us." ~ Ed Parker

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." ~ Herman Melville

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” ~ Colin Powell

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ”Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ~ Fred Rogers

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“It takes a whole village to raise a child” ~ African Proverb

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa