Author Unknown

Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than others think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.

Harvey MacKay

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy; they just promised it would be worth it.

John Lennon

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

Author Unknown

"It's impossible," said pride. "It's risky," said experience. "It's pointless," said reason. "Give it a try," whispered the heart.

Saint Francis de Sales

Nothing so strong as gentleness, nothing as gentle as pure strength.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Love consists in this; that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Sally Kempton, Yoga Journal

Yoga, after all, is not an escape from life, but a way of taking yourself into life's pulsing heart. It will inevitably lead you to your own vulnerability, to your raw places. But vulnerability also opens the door to love, grace, and the deepest forms of healing. Your vulnerability, scary as it can be, is inseparable from your capacity for intimacy and creativity and love.

Ruth E. Renkel

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

Sarah Williams

Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Garth Brooks

And now, I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes, our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes our deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. 

Khahlil Gibran

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Ansel Adams

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Richard Bach

Can miles truly separate you from friends? If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.