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“I speak not for myself but for those without voice… those who have fought for their rights… their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.”
Malala Yousafzai
“I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.”
Rosa Parks
“Honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.”
Ellen DeGeneres
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson Mandela
“It may take courage to embrace the possibilities of your own potential, but once you've flown past the summit of your fears, nothing will seem impossible.”
Michael McKee
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
Jean Houston
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
Charles Dickens
“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?”
Theodor Seuss Geisel
“The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay. Love isn't love 'til you give it away.”
Oscar Hammerstein
“My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.”
Michael Imperioli
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
Tony Robbins
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Sir Winston Churchill
“Just follow your joy. Always. I think that if you do that, life will take you on the course that it’s meant to take you.”
Jonathan Groff
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward
“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
Oprah Winfrey
“Spirit is like the wind, in that we can’t see it but can see its effects, which are profound.”
Jimmy Carter
“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.”
Rebecca West
“A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.”
Christian D. Larson
“Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream which represents the soul. We must give to it the warmth of love, the light of understanding and the essence of encouragement.”
Colby Dorr Dam
“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.”
Henri-Dominique Lacordaire
“We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved.”
Sri Swami Satchidananda
“It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.”
Eric Lindros
“We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.”
Sheryl Sandberg
“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”
Dwayne Johnson
“Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.”
Michael Landon Jr.
“Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don’t miss it. ”
Leo Buscaglia
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”
Theodor Seuss Geisel