“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” -Rumi

“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” -Tom Peters

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” 

-Haruki Murakami

“Just like moons and like suns,
with the certainty of tides,
just like hopes springing high,
still I’ll rise.” 
-Dr. Maya Angelou 
“Still I Rise”

“I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.” -Doctor Who

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” -Albert Schweitzer

“As for courage and will – we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.” -Andre Norton