"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

‎"You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith." 

~ Mary Manim Morrissey

When you allow fear to overtake your life the main person you are letting down is yourself. Take a close look at your life and ask yourself - what would you do if you knew you couldn't fail? Now go do that.

"The pace of our lives has a profound impact on the depth of our lives. "

- Keri Wyatt Kent, "Breathe"

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

~ Albert Schweitzer

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." 

~ Maya Angelou

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it."

~Author Unknown

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

~ Lena Horne

"Gratefulness is an experience of the great fullness of life."

~ Lynne Twist

“No one heals himself by wounding another.” 

~ St. Ambrose of Milan

‎"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism." 

~ Norman Vincent Peale

‎"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" ~John Wooden.