Exploration of the natural world begins in early childhood, flourishes in middle childhood, and continues in adolescence as a pleasure and a source of strength for social action. — David Sobel

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Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

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There are times in our lives when we have to realize our past is precisely what it is, and we cannot change it. But we can change the story we tell ourselves about it, and by doing that, we can change the future. ― Eleanor Brown

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If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. — Frank A. Clark

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When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t. — Thomas A. Edison

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To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher. — Arthur Compton

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Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

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Somewhere out there is a unique place for you to help others – a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill. — Thomas Kinkade

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. — Helen Keller

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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

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