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Nothing Is Impossible!
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible.’" – Audrey Hepburn, British actress, Academy Award winner, best-known for her roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady (1929-1993) Audrey Hepburn was a classic and classy actress well-known for her spunkiness and boundless cheerfulness. Yet she was no Pollyanna. She recognized the reality of [...]
How Strong Is Your Hope?
"Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be." – Friedrich Nietzsche, 19th century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality (1844-1900) If we thought too much about having high hopes for our recovery before we began the process [...]
Where We Stand – Defining Our Measure
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." – Martin Luther King, Jr., American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1929-1968) How do we define our own measure? How many of us ever [...]
The Price of Success
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and a devotion to the things you want to see happen." – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, designed more than 1,000 structures, recognized in 1991 as "the greatest American architect of all time" by the American Institute of Architects (1867-1959) What [...]
Wisdom and Our Own Point of View
"We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." – Marcel Proust, French novelist, critic [...]
