“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”

~ Virginia Satir ~

“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.”

~ Sun Tzu ~

“A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.”

~ John F. Kennedy ~

“Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price.”

~ Marie Ebner von Eschenbach ~

“A person needs at intervals to separate from family and companions and go to new places. One must go without familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.”

~ Katharine Butler Hathaway ~

“In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

~ Eric Hoffer ~

“Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”

~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~

“Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.”

~ Confucius ~

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

~ Nelson Mandela ~

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes ~

“What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.”

~ Elizabeth Dole ~

“Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.”

~ Anais Nin ~

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

~ Confucius ~