“ Failure isn't something to be embarassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate. Gavin Newsom
“ There's as much benefit to wishing the world away as there is in demanding a bud to bloom," responded Iphigenia as she patted Prue's hand gently. "It's better to live presently. By living thus, perhap… Colin Meloy
“ And so in time the rowboat and I became one and the same-like the archer and his bow or the artist and his paint. What I learned wasn't mastery over the elements; it was mastery over myself, which is… Richard Bode
“ One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not: we who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them, who are hypersens… Piers Anthony
“ On the girl’s brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask… Chris Cleave
“ The oblivion fear is something else, fear that I won't be able to give anything in exchange for my life. If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in ser… John Green
“ Each of us has the power to take action, to light a fire and be the ignition for others. Jim Ziolkowski
“ We are not called upon to do all the good that is possible, but only that which we can do. Theodore Guerin
“ Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living God must be served in a living way. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“ You always need to work hard. You always need to be willing to work hard. Not everything will be hard, but you should, at the very least, be willing to work hard. Tom Giaquinto
“ If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering. Jeff Goins
“ Remember at the junior picnic, when someone whipped that dog at Jennifer's head? And Jennifer was laughing, like it was funny? Ted never copped to it, but I know he did it. I saw him. A-hole.'Rachel s… Siobhan Vivian
“ I do not want to be like a small animal bitten by a snake, going stiff with that poison. I want to bite back. Yvette Christiansë
“ If you can continue to smile through hardship and pain, then your moment will come…just be patient. Charles F. Glassman
“ This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small,large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force… Winston Churchill
