“In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”
"Each time you happen to me all over again."
- Edith Wharton
Love
""Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there""
- Edith Wharton
Love
"Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all deadly sins."
- Edith Wharton
Awareness
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
- Edith Wharton
Compassion
"There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it."
- Edith Wharton
Compassion
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience