“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.”
"Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face."
- George Eliot
Love
"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent, unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?"
- George Eliot
Love
"The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions."
- George Eliot
Love
"What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life — to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?"
- George Eliot
Love
"That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow."
- George Eliot
Love
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
- Max DePree
Growth
"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."
- President Gordon B. Hinckley
Growth
"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."
- Alex Toussaint
Growth
"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."
- Tony Robbins
Growth
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
- Mary Tyler Moore
Growth