“Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success, and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. When we exceed our inner thermostat setting, we will often do something to sabotage ourselves, causing us to drop back into the old, familiar zone where we feel secure.”
—Gay Hendricks
“Caring for but never trying to own, may be a better way to define friendship.”
–William Glasser
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
–Charles Dickens
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
–Gautama Buddha
“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”
–George Washington Carver
“We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It’s our basic human right.”
–Aretha Franklin