I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" -- Eve Merriam
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. -- Elton Trueblood
I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried--tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out. -- Paul Newman
So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair of the human race. -- Ernest L. Woodward
Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. -- Henry Ford
It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action. -- Lin Yutang
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. -- Norman Vincent Peale
Small things can often make big things bearable. -- Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things. -- Bruce Barton
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves. -- E. M. Forster
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. -- Groucho Marx
A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas-a place where history comes to life. -- Norman Cousins
Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book. -- Jim Rohn
If love closes, the self contracts and hardens... -- Charles Horton Cooley
Love is more than a sentiment; it is a need, a hunger, a thirst which is perfectly natural... Love is the beginning and end, the one sentiment in nature that will not be denied. -- Ernest Holmes
Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back. -- W. K. Hope
Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy. -- Eskimo saying
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. -- Andy Warhol
Faith is the bird that feels the light And sings when the dawn is still dark. -- Rabindranath Tagore
By learning to contact, to listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force. -- Shakti Gawain
Your surroundings, home, personal care, pets, clothing, and body are all reflections of how you see and express yourself. Do these reflect your true self? -- Christiane Northrup, M.D.
When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock. -- Stephen Mitchell, Four Watercolors by Tao-chi
Remember that unpleasant feelings will pass. Notice rather than react. -- Barbara Ann Kipfer
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. -- Meister Eckhart
A piece of the sky and a chunk of the earth lie lodged in the heart of every human being. -- Thomas Moore
I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. -- Etty Hillesum
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. -- George Arliss
Fall seven times, stand up eight. -- Japanese proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. -- Swedish proverb
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill