Quotes

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

Helen Keller— Let Us Have Faith, 1940

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

The Dalai Lama— Widely attributed; cited by Senate Leader Harry Reid at his Mar 7, 2014 Capitol Hill visit

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."

Eleanor Roosevelt— "My Day" column, Jan 8, 1936

"Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost."

Barack Obama— Weekly Address, Aug 27, 2011

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

Arthur Ashe— Arthur Ashe: Portrait in Motion

"No Mud, No Lotus."

Thich Nhat Hanh— No Mud, No Lotus, 2014

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

Frederick Douglass— West India Emancipation speech, 1857

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Martin Luther King Jr.— "Loving Your Enemies," Strength to Love

"We are the ones we've been waiting for."

Barack Obama— Super Tuesday speech, Feb 5, 2008

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

Rumi— The Essential Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks

"Knowing others is wisdom; knowing yourself is enlightenment."

Lao Tzu— Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

Viktor Frankl— Man's Search for Meaning

"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."

Thich Nhat Hanh— Stepping into Freedom

"Be here now."

Ram Dass— Be Here Now

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."

Frederick Douglass— West India Emancipation speech, 1857

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

Oscar Wilde— The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

"Pressure is a privilege. It comes only to those who earn it."

Billie Jean King— Pressure Is a Privilege, 2008