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Vincent van GoghI like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
Nelson MandelaIt's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls.
Fred RogersI am working from morning to evening, brimming with energy. I'm fencing and wrestling with the sun.
Claude MonetYou may never know what results come of your actions. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma GandhiIt's my dreadful temper! I try to cure it; I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever.
Louisa May AlcottIf you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni MorrisonA man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with. A man is what he makes of himself.
Alexander Graham BellDevelop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.
Maya AngelouA person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.
Walt DisneyTrees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky.
Wangari MaathaiHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne FrankYou can't be a writer if you're not a reader. It's the great writers who teach us how to write.
Madeleine L'EngleOne thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests.
Eleanor RooseveltI insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
W.E.B. Du BoisWomen must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
Amelia EarhartYou give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Kahlil GibranI'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English.
L.M. MontgomeryI used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life.
Mary CassattThe sun made the leaves transparent—there was a fragrance, a freshness—the birds sang. I was overcome by it.
Hans Christian AndersenThank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
Beatrix PotterTo those who are good, I am good; and to those who are not good, I am also good; and thus all get to be good.
Lao TzuHave nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
William MorrisThe music of the people is like a rare and lovely flower growing amidst encroaching weeds.
Antonín DvořákWhy do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music, thus depriving it of its mystery?
Leonard BernsteinI figured out that my passion is not really for music. My passion is actually for people.
Yo-Yo MaIt is not luck, nor is it great mental endowments, but it is well directed, honest toil.
Frederick DouglassWe want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds.
Jimi HendrixI have many beautiful flowers, but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all.
Oscar WildeI myself was born with an enormous need for affection and a terrible need to give it.
Audrey HepburnOh, how beautiful music is; so often it is my consolation when I would like to cry.
Clara SchumannEvery great cause is born from repeated failures and from imperfect achievements.
Maria MontessoriThe artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.
Auguste RodinFine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
John RuskinI live with one great hope: to help kids who now stand where I stood as a boy.
Babe RuthI leave you a thirst for education. Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
Mary McLeod BethuneIt is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J.K. RowlingYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.
Marie CurieLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
Albert EinsteinSo if you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.
Stephen HawkingI'll paint what I see -- what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big.
Georgia O'KeeffeI had now the key to all language, and I was eager to learn to use it.
Helen KellerEducation is one of the blessings of life and one of its necessities.
Malala YousafzaiWe are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
Ernest HemingwayIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David ThoreauBeing ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Benjamin FranklinYour time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Steve JobsSome day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.
C.S. LewisWe write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.
Anaïs NinEvery individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.
Jane GoodallWhen jazz is played in another nation, it is called American.
George GershwinEvery day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful.
Winston ChurchillI was born for soccer, just as Beethoven was born for music.
PeléThe best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.Do not confuse dreams with wishes. There is a difference.
Dolly PartonA great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
MenciusThe main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.
John WoodenBooks are the windows through which the soul looks out.
Horace MannStories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Terry PratchettThose who don't believe in magic will never find it.
Roald DahlMy music is best understood by children and animals.
Igor StravinskyI was so happy to have some place to blow my horn.
Louis ArmstrongStories have to end. It's what gives them meaning.Neil GaimanIt is in general the unexplored that attracts us.
Murasaki ShikibuI never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
Frida KahloClimb the mountains and get their good tidings.
John MuirWe are on the field doing what we love to do.
Roberto ClementeThe only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Rosa ParksDay and night I always dream with open eyes.
José MartíFor me, music and life are all about style.
Miles DavisWhere there is a will, there is a way.English proverbEducation is the key to the future.
Sonia SotomayorFall seven times, stand up eight.Japanese proverbCats are connoisseurs of comfort.
James HerriotI was born with music inside me.
Ray CharlesIt ain't over till it's over.
Yogi BerraIf it sounds good it IS good.
Duke EllingtonFortune favors the bold.Latin proverbFailure is impossible.
Susan B. AnthonyI can't die but once.
Harriet TubmanMany of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas EdisonMy doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
Wilma RudolphWinning is an important thing, but to have your own style, to have people copy you, that is the greatest gift.
Johan CruyffIf we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother TeresaI'm proud of myself for the way I pushed through and even learned that dismount.
Simone BilesI have never met a man so ignorant that I could not learn something from him.
Galileo GalileiHope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
Desmond TutuPerseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
Walter ElliotYou can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-karat friendship I felt for Luz Long.
Jesse OwensWhether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right.
Henry FordPlease watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody.
Jim HensonTo play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.
Yehudi MenuhinI just tried to do what I heard the horns in the band doing.
Ella FitzgeraldNo act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
AesopDream as big as you can dream, and anything is possible.
Michael PhelpsIf you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. WashingtonA smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.ProverbTurn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah WinfreyFind things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.Vincent van GoghEveryone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.Nelson MandelaWe just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.Fred RogersYou must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.Mahatma GandhiI've got the key to my castle in the air; but whether I can unlock the door, remains to be seen.Louisa May AlcottYou cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth.Alexander Graham BellDo not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like.Maya AngelouEverybody in the world was once a child.Walt DisneyIn spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.Anne FrankOne's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.Eleanor RooseveltI loved my school, and the fine faith the children had in the wisdom of their teacher was truly marvellous.W.E.B. Du BoisOften just being with a group who doesn't think flying strange, is a help in itself.Amelia EarhartLife had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive.L.M. MontgomeryTo be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.Hans Christian AndersenA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.Lao TzuOur mission as teachers is to show the right way to those who come after us.Antonín DvořákIf they have travelled far, they have made the road on which they travelled. If they have ascended high, they have built their own ladder.Frederick DouglassThe good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.Oscar WildeI never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.Audrey HepburnThe child who wrote a word for the first time was full of excited joy.Maria MontessoriNature is always beautiful. We need only to understand what she shows us.Auguste RodinBaseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team play.Babe RuthWe must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.Marie CurieWeakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.Albert EinsteinLife would be tragic if it weren't funny.Stephen HawkingAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much.Helen KellerI speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard.Malala YousafzaiEvery day above earth is a good day.Ernest HemingwayThe noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?Benjamin FranklinThe only way to do great work is to love what you do.Steve JobsI will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.Anaïs NinI wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Dolittle.Jane GoodallAny time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth.Roberto ClementeI would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.Rosa ParksI never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.Harriet TubmanI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.Thomas EdisonNot all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.Mother TeresaI decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly.Jesse OwensOne must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.Vincent van GoghEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.Nelson MandelaIt's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others.Fred RogersMy life is my message.Mahatma GandhiI am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.Louisa May AlcottWithout courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.Maya AngelouIt's kind of fun to do the impossible.Walt DisneyWhoever is happy will make others happy too.Anne FrankYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.Eleanor RooseveltI sit with Shakespeare and he winces not.W.E.B. Du BoisPreparation, I have often said, is rightly two-thirds of any venture.Amelia EarhartThat which is bitter passes away, and the whole world appears in sunlight.Hans Christian AndersenModern taste calls for music that is concise, condensed, and pithy.Antonín DvořákIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.Frederick DouglassI must learn how to be happy.Oscar WildeI love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh.Audrey HepburnThe child is a body which grows, and a soul which develops.Maria MontessoriI obey nature, I never presume to command her.Auguste RodinYou just can't beat the person who never gives up.Babe RuthOnly a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.Albert EinsteinSpeech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible.Stephen HawkingLife is either a daring adventure, or nothing.Helen KellerOne child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.Malala YousafzaiGenius without education is like silver in the mine.Benjamin FranklinStay hungry, stay foolish.Steve JobsEach friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.Anaïs NinTo invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.Thomas EdisonKind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.Mother TeresaI've got nature and art and poetry, and if that isn't enough, what is?Vincent van GoghI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.Nelson MandelaI give an expression of care every day to each child to help him realize that he is unique.Fred RogersYou can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.Maya AngelouWhen we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.Walt DisneyWe must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.Eleanor RooseveltCourage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.Amelia EarhartMy life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.Hans Christian AndersenNothing must be too low or too insignificant for the musician.Antonín DvořákSuccess is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.Audrey HepburnI invent nothing, I rediscover.Auguste RodinI always swing at the ball with all my might.Babe RuthWe realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.Malala YousafzaiReading was the only Amusement I allow'd myself.Benjamin FranklinThe dream has to be translated into reality.Anaïs NinI do not agree with a big way of doing things. What matters is the individual.Mother TeresaGreat things are done by a series of small things brought together.Vincent van GoghAlways look for the helpers. There's always someone who is trying to help.Fred RogersNothing can dim the light that shines from within.Maya AngelouCourage is the main quality of leadership.Walt DisneyIn the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves.Eleanor RooseveltI think I'd like to learn to fly.Amelia EarhartTo travel is to live.Hans Christian AndersenNothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible.'Audrey HepburnPatience is also a form of action.Auguste RodinI only have one superstition: I make sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.Babe RuthThrough my story I want to tell other children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights.Malala YousafzaiWhat you would seem to be, be really.Benjamin FranklinThe poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.Anaïs NinWe ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.Mother TeresaIf one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.Vincent van GoghOur world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space.Fred RogersTry to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.Maya AngelouFor every laugh, there should be a tear.Walt DisneyExample is the best lesson there is.Eleanor RooseveltA girl has the power to go forward in her life.Malala YousafzaiWell done is better than well said.Benjamin FranklinYou cannot save people, you can only love them.Anaïs NinDo not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.Mother TeresaWhat is done in love is done well.Vincent van GoghFeelings are mentionable and manageable.Fred RogersWe may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.Maya AngelouPeople grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.Eleanor RooseveltLittle strokes fell great oaks.Benjamin FranklinLove is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love, or the lack of it.Fred RogersWhen someone shows you who they are, believe them.Maya AngelouFriendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.Eleanor RooseveltEnergy and persistence conquer all things.Benjamin FranklinDeep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.Fred RogersNothing will work unless you do.Maya AngelouNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.Eleanor RooseveltEverybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable.Fred RogersYou are an important person just the way you are.Fred RogersPlay is really the work of childhood.Fred Rogers
