Learn what these well-known (and well-meaning) people had to say about parenting. The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. – Dorothy Parker That’s the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You’ll love your children far more than [...]

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Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. – Hal Borland We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New [...]

Leadership isn’t about being in charge – it is a state of mind. Learn what makes a great leader: “The only prerequisites to leadership are that you remain positive, calm, and open-minded.” – Alexis Hunter “The leadership instinct you were born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go [...]

Healing, like forgiveness, is a gradual process. Give yourself all the time you need – and play some good music while you’re at it. “All healing is first a healing of the heart.” – Carl Townsend “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller [...]

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be about romantic love. Valentine’s Day can be about celebrating the love of life, the love of self, the love of a Higher Power, the love of your community…it can be anything you wish. Or you may just detest Valentine’s Day. There are some quotes here for you too. “A [...]

In the words of Nike, get out there and just do it. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi “Willpower is [...]

You can have faith with or without religious affiliation – faith is a state of being. Faith is putting hope and power into that which we can not see now…but know we will see in the future. “Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your [...]

In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., learn more about peace, non-violent resistance, and freedom through these quotes: “One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue [...]

Humor really is our saving grace… “Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings.” – Maya Angelou “A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.” – Barbara Walters “He who laughs, lasts.” – Mary Pettibone Poole “A good [...]