A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.
- John Lubbock
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
- Morris West
We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
- James William Fulbright
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Lady Dorothy Nevill
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
- Muhammad Ali
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
- Marian Wright Edelman
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.
- Herman Melville
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, ‘We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.’
- Jim Collins
You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
- Marie Curie

Starting From Scratch

Starting From Scratch

No matter how far I've come, I always seem to feel like I am starting from scratch. Maybe it's not such a bad thing... I'm not anywhere near perfect. I put my foot in my mouth more often than not. I am often sarcastic at inappropriate moments, and many times I am taken seriously when I am anything but. I am a dork by nature and I am lucky to know people that love and support me regardless of how often I get in my own way.