“Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: ‘Choose ye this day.’”

Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

The greatest failure is the failure to try.

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

Happiness is an inside job.

Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.

There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.

When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.

Like the mountain, she rises above every challenge, every mistake, every heartbreak.

As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.

The challenge we’re facing in our country is about more than the actions of a few. It’s about how to transform a justice system that doesn’t work equally for all.

Overcome your fears, take life challenges, go for rides that you fear, learn new skills, show up whenever you see your fear is getting bigger than you.  

Being home with two babies has been challenging and fun, while trying to carve out an identity for myself beyond it.

Turn challenges into changes & ideas into action.