words of wisdom

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela
"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable." - Seneca
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." - Lewis Carroll
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"The true measure of a person is how they treat someone who can do them absolutely no good." - Often attributed to Samuel Johnson
"While we are postponing, life speeds by." - Seneca
"You will die not because you are ill, but because you are alive." - Seneca
"If my wealth goes away, it takes with it nothing but itself." - Seneca
"No man was ever wise by chance." - Seneca
"Big is Little and Little is Big."
"You Choose Your Spouse, Not Your Children."
"Don't judge."
"Smile first."

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." - Dale Carnegie
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill
"Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent Doesn't Work Hard." - Tim Notke
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
"Excellence, Not Perfection."
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible'!" - Audrey Hepburn
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." - Dr. Seuss

"You are your choices."
"Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are." - Beyoncé
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - E.E. Cummings
"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best." - Andrew Carnegie

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness." - Oprah Winfrey
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." - Madeleine Albright
"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else." - Dolly Parton
"Some leaders are born women." - Geraldine Ferraro
"Behind every great woman… is herself."

On Prayer: "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything." - (paraphrase of Philippians 4:6)
On Beauty: "You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you." - (Song of Solomon 4:7)
On Value: "Created to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do." - (Ephesians 2:10)
On Being Beloved: "She is worth far more than rubies." - (Proverbs 31:10)
On Character: "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." - (Proverbs 31:30)
On Interdependence: "Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God." - (1 Corinthians 11:11-12)