Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.
Because paper has more patience than people.
Hearts are breakable, Isabelle said. And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
Where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.
Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore.
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Not being heard is no reason for silence.