“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.”
-– Les Brown
“An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.”
— David Augsburger
“It’s always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions.”
— C. West Churchman
“To assume is to be deceived.”
— Yiddish proverb
“When coasting in our comfort zones, we don’t grow. We continue to do more of the same…. Maintaining a comfort zone can, paradoxically, lead to discomfort in the long run. If by being comfortable we avoid important life issues, internal tension accumulates…. Eventually, as both internal and external pressures for change persist, the ‘comfort zone’ ceases to serve us.”
— Eric Allenbaugh
“Be not afraid of changing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
— Chinese Proverb
“Give every day the chance to become the most wonderful day of your life”
— Unknown
“When humans find themselves surrounded by nothing but objects, the response is always one of loneliness.”
— Brian Swimme
“Loneliness is caused by an alienation from life. It is a loneliness from your real self.”
— Maxwell Maltz
“No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.”
— George Eliot
“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
— Amanda Gorman
“When your children get older you have to earn their respect. That is something that you don’t get for free just because you’re a mother or father. You earn their respect. You have to continually do things in such a way that your youngsters can look up to you and say, “That’s my Dad. That’s my Mom. I love them. They don’t lie to me. I can trust them. They tell me the truth.” Then when the rest of the world is gossiping and bad-mouthing one another, your children will be able to stand up and say, “I don’t have to be part of this, because I’m already a part of a group – a group that is called family. And I don’t betray my family.” “
— John-Roger