“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon

"Effort matters in everything, love included. Learning to love is purposeful work." ~ Michael Levine

"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it.” ~ Frank Tyger

"All work is empty save where there is love." ~ Khalil Gibran

"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." ~ Amy Carmichael

"Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it." ~ Thaddeus Golas

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow humans." ~ Herman Melville

"Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are." ~ Malcolm Forbes

"There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness." ~ Han Suyin