“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back…” Erica Jong

“Breathe.   Let go.   And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” –Oprah Winfrey

“Hope is the destination that we seek.   Love is the road that leads to hope.   Courage is the motor that drives us.   We travel out of darkness into faith.” -Dean Koontz

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” -Jesse Jackson

“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.” –Ann Landers

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy;  they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust