Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. — Mandy Hale

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It's not my perfect performance that captures God's attention. It's my complete dependence on Him that He notices.

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It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest. — Walter Anderson

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A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.

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Link says if a girl says not to get her a birthday present that means get me a birthday present and make sure it’s jewelry. ― Kami Garcia

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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. - Joan Rivers

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One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. -Golda Meir

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It had long come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. - LEONARDO DA VINCI

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