“ Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to know today's version of you, before they judge you on yesterday's news. Shannon L. Alder
“ It is born in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching the goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach. Benjamin E. Mays
“ I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard
“ The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be. Leo Babauta
“ What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating sp… John Avlon
“ I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I… Ray LaMontagne
“ Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. Mary Astell
“ The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eye… Mary Astell
“ You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left… Ethel Barrymore