The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because sh*t worked out. They got that way because sh*t went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes.
- Elizabeth Gilbert

I try to live in a little bit of my own joy and not let people steal it or take it.
- Hoda Kotb

Well some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there
I'm learning to fly, around the clouds
But what goes up must come down

- Tom Petty

We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.

- Audre Lorde

"'Damaged people,' she said, 'are dangerous,  for we have already drowned in the darkness, and we know that if we kick strong enough we can survive.'"
- Helen Hollick

Fighting has taught me not to give up, even if everything inside of me is telling me that I am not good enough. It’s taught me that when I hear that voice, to treat it like any other liar. Ignore it.
- Lauren Sugihara-Daniels

Good manners are the backbone of life. They will win you friends, serve your children, and keep your workplace happy. Manners are the architecture of gratitude. "ThankyouthankyouthatwassothoughfulwhatalovelythingtodoItreasureyouI'llbringsoupGodblessyou."

- Annie Potts

What matters most is
How well you
Walk through the
Fire.
- Charles Bukowski

Reach for the stars. Even if you have to stand on a cactus.
- Susan Longacre

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars,
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are.

- Jessie J

If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.
- Albert Einstein

I marvel at how even the wrong choices can keep us on the right path. How the worst mistake can wind up being the best thing that ever happened to us.
- Katie Klein

The majority of us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There will most likely be no ticker-tape parades for us, no monuments created in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It’s overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt.
- Leo F. Buscaglia

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.
- Margaret Chase Smith

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
- Dr. Seuss

Not everything that can be counted, counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
- Albert Einstein

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?
- Marian Wright Edelman