Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

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What is really important in education is not that the child learns this and that, but that the mind is matured, that energy is aroused.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, and poet.  He was believed to be the one of the earliest existentialist philosophers.

Energized for Another Day (Haiku Series #261)

Reaching for Comfort

Daily medicine

Ultimate stress reliever—

Laughter heals one’s soul

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Opening and Accepting

Turning from worry

Allow optimism in—

Joy mending one’s heart

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Waking to Peace

Perky morning song

Hope’s verses rejuvenate—

Shower of sunshine

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Carole King Quotes

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You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face.

I’m like a plant, I reach for the sun.

Carole King (born 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.  She has received numerous awards, including a Grammy for Song of Year (“You’ve Got a Friend”) and Kennedy Center Honors.

Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

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One of the important qualities that I think is often overlooked is just energy.  It’s vitality, and sort of a life force that some people have and others don’t.

Whatever it is that you do, if you have that passion and desire for it, that’s the most important thing.

Doris Kearns Goodwin (born 1943) is an American biographer and historian.  In 1995, she received the Pulitzer Prize for History from her work on a biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II.  She has also worked as sports journalist.