Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Rubin If nature made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that. Frances Burnett Hope itself is a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel Johnson English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900) You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated. Maya Angelou US author & poet (1928 - ) The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic with them, but equally, of insisting that they make a square facing toward their own problems. S. L. A. Marshall, Men Against Fire, 1947 Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. Richard Bach What matters is this: you can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing. Try to understand. Sherri Reynolds, A Gracious Plenty Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women US juvenile novelist (1832 - 1888) I hope you become confortable with the use of logic wihout being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion. Neil Armstrong, USC 2005 graduation US astronaut (1930 - ) |