The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.

See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.

—Barbara Hall

You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.

—Barbara Hall

But penance need not be paid in suffering… It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

—Barbara Hall

Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.

—Barbara Hall

Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.

—Barbara Hall

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

—Ellen Glasgow

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

—Edward Gibbon

What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

—Havelock Ellis

The thing you are ripening toward is the fruit of your life. It will make you bright inside, no matter what you are outside. It is a shining thing.

—Stewart Edward White

The wheels of justice… they're square wheels.

—Barbara Corcoran