“There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”

          –John F. Kennedy

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

          –Lao Tzu

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

          –Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Take chances, take a lot of them. Because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom, it always ends up just the way it should be. Your mistakes make you who you are. You learn and grow with each choice you make. Everything is worth it. Say how you feel, always. Be you, and be okay with it.”

          –Unknown

“When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He or She starts with an impossibility.”

          –Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith