Experience teaches only the teachable.” Aldous Huxley

The best lessons I ever learned in life came from the worst experiences in my life.” Anonymous

There are some things you have to experience to understand.” Anonymous

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” Paulo Coelho

One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.” —Max Lucado

“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.” —Max Lucado

“Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.” —Max Lucado

“Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no, it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.” —Max Lucado

Christ literally walked in our shoes." - Tim Keller

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength." - Corrie Ten Boom

The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us." - Billy Graham

Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them." -  Elisabeth Elliot

God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." - Tony Evans

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." - Chuck Swindoll

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”  ~ Corrie Ten Boom (A Dutch Christian who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust)

“Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises.”  ~ George Macdonald (Scottish author, poet and Christian minister)

“A string of opinions no more constitutes faith, than a string of beads constitutes holiness.”  ~ John Wesley (Anglican cleric and Christian Theologian, co-founder of the Methodist Church)

“Talk what we will of faith, if we do not trust and rely upon Him, we do not believe in Him.”  ~ Anthony Farindon (Famous English Preacher)

“The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.”  ~ George Muller (English Evangelist)

 Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope.” -John Piper

"Christ showed us hope transformed into sacrificial love." -Chuck Colson

“Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.” -Andy Stanley

“You can look forward with hope, because one day there will be no more separation, no more scars, and no more suffering in My Father’s House. It's the home of your dreams!” -Anne Graham Lotz

“Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.” -Louie Giglio

“Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.” -John Maxwell

“The only hope for this or any other society is to hear the Word of the Lord and obey.” -John MacArthur

“We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to include the excluded and preach peace.” -Pope Francis

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 You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” ―Diane Von Furstenberg

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”– Helen Keller

“We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy.” –  Dr. Henry Link

“The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.” – Hasidic Proverb

“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer

“Fake it until you make it! Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality.” – Brian Tracy

Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.”— Nicole Kidman

“The effective leader recognizes that they are more dependent on their people than they are on them. Walk softly. ” – Brian Tracy

“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” – Michelle Obama

“Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’” – Eleanor Roosevelt

 Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” ―Marcus Aurelius

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before.” ―Albert Einstein

“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.” ―Jim Henson

What is coming is better than what is gone.” ―Unknown

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ―Roy T. Bennett

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ―Marcus Aurelius

“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.” —Unknown

“The greatest weapon against stress is the ability to choose one thought over another.” ―William James

“It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” ―Hans F. Hansen

 All we can do is the best we can do.” ―David Axelrod

“You never know what you can do until you try.” ―William Cobbett

“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did.” ―Mark Twain

Never regret a day in your life. Good days bring you happiness and bad days give you experience.” ―Unknown

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” ―Jim Rohn

“Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.” ―Carol Burnett

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” ―Charles R. Swindoll

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ―William James

When the pain of an obstacle is too great, challenge yourself to be stronger.

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” ―Will Rogers

 It’s never too late to be what you might’ve been.” ―George Eliot

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” ―Walt Disney

“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it.” ―Baz Luhrmann

“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” ―Unknown

“You can do anything you set your mind to.” ―Benjamin Franklin

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 I never lose. Either I win or learn.” ―Nelson Mandela

“Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.” ―Ken Poirot

“Challenges are what makes life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” ―Joshua J Marine

Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.” ―John Wooden

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ―Theodore Roosevelt

 Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” ―Yuri Kochiyama

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang out.” ―Abraham Lincoln

“Never regret anything that made you smile.” ―Mark Twain

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ―Eleanor Roosevelt

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ―Suzy Kassem

 Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ―Oprah Winfrey

“We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.” ―Helen Keller

“Begin anywhere.” ―John Cage

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ―Katharine Hepburn

“You were born to be a player. You were meant to be here. This moment is yours.” ―Herb Brooks

 Keep your face always toward the sunshine―and shadows will fall behind you.” ―Walt Whitman

“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” ―Lionel, from the movie Maid in Manhattan

“Make each day your masterpiece.” ―John Wooden

 Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ’Til your good is better and your better is best.” ―St. Jerome.

“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ―Albert Einstein

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ―Arthur Ashe

“Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” ―Anne Frank

Dreams don’t work unless you do.” ―John C. Maxwell

“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” ―Dr. Wayne D. Dyer

 People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” —Unknown

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” ―Christine Caine

“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits.” ―Unknown

“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.” ―Unknown

“Don’t quit yet. The worst moments are usually followed by the most beautiful silver linings. You have to stay strong, remember to keep your head up and remain hopeful.” ―Unknown

“When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters―one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” ―John F. Kennedy

 Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are stacked against you, you should still do it.” —Elon Musk

“Hold the vision, trust the process.” —Unknown

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” —John D. Rockefeller

 You can either experience the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The choice is yours.” —Unknown

“Impossible is just an opinion.” —Paulo Coelho

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” —Isabelle Lafleche

 All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.” – Magic Johnson

”It’s always something, to know you’ve done the most you could. But, don’t leave off hoping, or it’s of no use doing anything. Hope, hope to the last.” – Charles Dickens

“We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.” – Ed Markey

“Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.” – Samuel Smiles

“A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.” – Howard Thurman

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.” —Albert Einstein

“If we have the attitude that it’s going to be a great day, it usually is.” —Catherine Pulsifier

 Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.” – Laini Taylor

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“You are not here merely to make a living, you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” – Woodrow Wilson

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” —Donna Roberts

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” —Maxwell Maltz

A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” – Brad Henry

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” – Winston Churchill

“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” – Jonas Salk

 Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” —Marcel Proust

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.” —Charles Lamb

“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.” —Zig Ziglar

“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” —Woodrow Wilson

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” —Elisabeth Foley

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey

“Each 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.” —Anais Nin

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 Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” —Oscar Wilde

“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” —Arnold H. Glasgow

“I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” —Plutarch

“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?” —Eugene Kennedy

“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.” —Arnold H. Glasgow

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” —Muhammad Ali

 A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” —Walter Winchell

“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” —David Tyson

“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” —Thomas J. Watson

“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” —Unknown

 Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” —John Barrymore

“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.” —Mandy Hale

“You are enough just as you are.” —Meghan Markle

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” —Michael Altshuler

“Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” —Gloria Steinem

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” —Zig Ziglar

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” —John Muir

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who ind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” —Dr. Suess

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” —C.S. Lewis