Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
Life is a gift, and I try to respond with grace and courtesy.
The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep.
Happiness is a chance to talk to a friend, to hear good music, to have a good glass of wine. Happiness is a chance to be myself and to find people with whom I agree or who I don’t agree with but from whom I can learn something.
As nurses, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul, and body of our patients, their families, and ourselves. They may not remember our names but they will never forget the way we made them feel.
Give yourself time just to be with yourself.
Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.
Love liberates; it doesn’t bind.
We need much less than we think we need.
I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.
Don’t hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.
It’s hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.
We are the victims of the world’s most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It’s all right if we do a little robbing now.
You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.
If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat – I don’t know how long you’re supposed to stand there and turn the other cheek, so he or she can get a better angle at taking your head off.