A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
--Samuel Johnson
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there is never any recourse to the mention of it."
-- Samuel Johnson
“Aerodynamically a bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.”
-- Mary Kay Ash
"It only takes one person to change your life - you."
-- Ruth Casey
"Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there is never any recourse to the mention of it."
-- Samuel Johnson
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Victor Hugo
The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It ... is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.
~ Marianne E. Neifert. Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide
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The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
Dubois
"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
-- Albert Einstein
"The future is purchased by the present."
-Samuel Johnson