"The measure of your real success is one you cannot spend - it's the way your child describes you when talking to a friend."

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Faith in small things has repercussions that ripple all the way out. In a huge, dark room a little match can light up the place." Joni Eareckson Tada