"From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived."
- Betty Smith
Growth
"From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood."
- Betty Smith
Education
"Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory."
- Betty Smith
Mindfulness
"The world was hers for the reading."
- Betty Smith
Imagination
"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost."
- Betty Smith
Spirituality
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
- George Eliot
New Beginnings
"Mondays offer new beginnings 52 times a year!"
- David Dweck
New Beginnings
"You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do."
- Dr. Seuss
New Beginnings
"You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again."
- Bonnie Prudden
New Beginnings
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
New Beginnings