"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

Mary Tyler Moore

"No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome."

Roy Lessin

"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate."

George Burns

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

John Wooden

"For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour."

Mary Kay Ash

I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one.

Sean Penn

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."

My friend, Jackie, had this on Facebook today and I just love it! Not sure who said it, but I'm sure happy they did!

"Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are."

John B. Sheerin

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."

Lou Holtz