"Be the reason someone smiles today."

~Anonymous

"I'm embracing that being fully me is so much better than an imitation version of someone else."

~Lysa TerKeurst

"Leah's hunger for love and acceptance was met not by a man, but by the steadfast love of her heavenly Father."

~She Reads Truth  

"A godly man can make a woman fall in love without touching anything but her heart."

~Jordan Kemper

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."

~Dr. Seuss

"History is not just facts and events.  History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own."

~Julius Lester  

"Friends remind us we are part of something greater than ourselves, a larger world."

~Barbara Jenkins 

"You have a ticket to Heaven no thief can take, an eternal home no divorce can break.  Every sin of your life has been cast to the sea. Every mistake you've made is nailed to the tree.  You're blood-bought and Heaven-made.  A child of God, forever saved.  So be grateful, joyful- for isn't it true?  What you don't have is much less than what you do."

~Max Lucado  

"I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another."

~Divergent

"You can spend too long on a one-sided love."

~Mrs. Patmore (Downton Abbey)

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

~Martin Luther King Jr. 

"No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books."

~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love...they depart to teach us about loss.  A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart.  If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big."

~Erica Jong  

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will truly know peace."

~Jimi Hendrix

"There are no happy endings.  Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle and a very happy start."

~Shel Silverstein

"Life is full of beautiful moments, one right after the other."

~Zach Sobiech

"Cherish the children marching to the beat of their own music.  They play the most beautiful heart songs."

~Fiona Goldsworthy 

"Dance with God, and He will let the perfect man cut in."

~Anonymous

"The things one most often tries to hide are the things most easily seen."

~Sleepy Hollow

"To the world you may be just a teacher, but to your students you are a hero."

~Anonymous

"A hug is the shortest distance between friends."

~Anonymous

"Every child deserves a champion- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be."

~Rita Pierson

"Kids don't learn from people they don't like."

~Rita Pierson

"Work for a cause, not for applause.  Live life to express, not to impress.  Don't strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt."

~Anonymous 

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters and create many ripples."

~Mother Teresa

"When led of the Spirit, the child of God must be as ready to wait as to go, and as prepared to be silent as to speak."

~Lewis Sperry Chafer

"Some believe that it is only great power that can hold evil in check.  But that is not what I've found.  I found it is the small things.  Every day deeds by ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay."

~Gandalf