“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.”
"I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough time for a man and a woman to understand each other and. . . to understand – is to love."
- William Butler Yeats
Love
"Think like a wise [person] but communicate in the language of the people."
- William Butler Yeats
Awareness
"Lose natural kindness and maybe / The heart-revealing intimacy / That chooses right, and never find a friend."
- William Butler Yeats
Compassion
"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."
- William Butler Yeats
Inspiration
"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame."
- William Butler Yeats
Inspiration
"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."
- Tina Fey
Taking Risks
"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
Taking Risks
"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."
Taking Risks
"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong
Taking Risks
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."
- Thomas Aquinas
Taking Risks