"There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together" ~ LeCrae

"You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you." ~ Barbara Sher

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." ~ Peter Drucker

"People are self-conscious at first. But it gets better as we kind of dance with each other... it's like a date, in a way. We get more comfortable together. The best pictures are usually the last ones." ~ Nicholas Nixon

"Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision." ~ Bill Walsh

"Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it." ~ Andy Rooney

"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." ~ Dale Carnegie

"Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future." ~ Alan Cohen

"If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness." ~ Bruce Lee

"Into each life some rain must fall." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." ~ Hermann Hesse

"Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung." ~ William Morris

"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful." ~ Alice Walker

"Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over." ~ Nevil Shute

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~ Khalil Gibran

"Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning." ~ Charles de Lint

"I have two kids now and through watching them, I keep having flashbacks to my own childhood." ~ Sonia Braga

"Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs." ~ Abraham Maslow

"Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality." ~ Earl Nightingale

"Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help others find their own way in their lives. The relationships we weave become an exquisite and endless pattern." ~ Keith Ferrazzi