“Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.” Rita Mae Brown

“We learn simply by the exposure of living.  Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual.  The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.” David P Gardner, Educator

“Plan your years to be purposeful.  Plan to change.  Plan to grow.  Planning is the only way to keep yourself on track.  And when you know where you are going, the universe will clear the way.” Iyanla Vanzant, Author & Inspirational Speaker

God – Spelled Backwards When God had made the earth and sky, The flowers and the trees. He then made all the animals, The fish, the birds and bees. And when at last He’d finished, Not one was quite the same. He said, “I’ll walk this world of mine, And give each one a name.” [...]

“Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. Ignore the inconsequential.” Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) Writer

“One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.” Moliere (1622-1673) Actor and dramatist

“Who I really am keeps surprising me.” Nikki Giovanni, poet, essayist, and lecturer

“Concern should drive us into action and not into depression.” Karen Horney (1885-19520) Psychoanalyst.

“A hundred years from now, it won’t matter what your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove, but the world may be different because you were important in the life of a child.” Author unknown

“The only real security is the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.” Audrey Sutherland, kayaker and writer.