Stop Running...Suzanne Collins

"At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it."  — Suzanne Collins 

A True Friend...William Penn

A true friend shares freely, advises wisely, assists willingly, encourages quickly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Adapted from William Penn

Set Your Own Goals And Reach For Them...Sheryl Sandberg

“I am hoping that each woman will set her own goals and reach for them with gusto. And I am hoping that each man will do his part to support women in the workplace and in the home, also with gusto.”

--Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

Source: She’s (Rarely) the Boss By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times, 1/26/13,

A Wonderful Phenomenon...Thomas Mann

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature! 

--Thomas Mann 

It Takes All Kinds...Dr. Steve Stephens and Alice Gray

There’s probably no way to completely solve the problem of difficult people in your life. Someone will always rub you the wrong way—and you may rub others the wrong way as well. But how you respond to your people problems will make a big difference in how worn out you feel.

--From the book, “The Worn Out Woman” by Dr. Steve Stephens and Alice Gray

Power to the peaceful. Vanessa Hudgens

Hope...Christopher Reeve

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." 

--Christopher Reeve