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

~ Unknown

“Perfectionism is not a pursuit for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.” 

~ Julia Cameron

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

~ C. S. Lewis

‎"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." --Albert Einstein

“The past is our definition. we may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.” --Wendell Berry

‎"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love." --Washington Irving

“Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy.” - Blue Fairy from Pinocchio

"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain."

~ Anonymous