Learn From It

"You can be discouraged by failure - or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you will find success. On the far side."

- Thomas Watson, Sr.

Hope In The Midst of Death

"It is through death that we deeply touch life... I realize that God wants me to partake in the experience of death. As I do he will strengthen my hope in the midst of it."

- Henri Nouwen

Who I Am

"My own experience is that all the things that have happened to me have been important in making me who I am. To wish certain things did not happen is to wish that I am not myself."

- Mary Pipher

Experiencing Grief

"We spend… too little time experiencing the griefs themselves. The result is that these griefs remain hidden and never open us to our joys."

- David Whyte 

Parents Taking Responsibility

“The problem has to do with our willingness as parents, to take responsibility for the upbringing of our children. To pay attention to their interests, to respond to their needs and to recognize that we, as parents and as individuals, have a greater influence on our children and on each other than anything else could possibly have.”

- John Denver