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Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.

—Bayard Taylor

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Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

—Og Mandino

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Our children change us... whether they live or not.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

—Oprah Winfrey

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Without the capacity to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness.

—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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It's all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.

—Elizabeth Moon

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This life gets bitterly cold. Sometimes you just need to cling to the person that you can claw your way out of the dark with.

—Chris Dingess

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Keep cool and you command everybody.

—Louis de Saint-Just

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People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.

—Chuck Palahniuk

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If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

—Mary Kay Ash

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In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.

—Randy K. Milholland

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It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation./ Yes we can./ It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights./ Yes we can./ It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness./ Yes we can./

—Barack Obama

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Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

—Pete Seeger

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I lived what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time we are given to live and love in this world, we spend too much time loving things instead of people.

—Antonia Brenner

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One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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