Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your soul. ~~ Buddhist teaching

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~~ Mary Anne Radmacher

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force and beauty of its process. ~~ Henry James

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. ~~ Marcel Proust

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. ~~ Graham Greene