I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
- Søren Kierkegaard

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
- Vivian Green

Life is not supposed to be fair.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher

You don’t have the power to make life “fair,” but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The stairs we carefully build to help us scale the daunting cliffs of life are no match for the forces of Nature. Know that joy lies in faith, positive attitude, and courage. Adversity is a challenge, not a defeat.

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
- Traditional Irish Blessing
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
- Henry Ford