Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.
All that is real is seen with the heart.
Vivian Greene is an American author, artist, and entrepreneur.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) was an American jurist who later served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1902-1932.
John F. Kennedy Quotes
If freedom is to survive and prosper, it will require the sacrifice, the effort and the thoughtful attention of every citizen.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was the 35th President of the United States.
Brian Tracy Quotes
Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.
Virtually everything you do is the result of habit. The good news is that all habits are learned, and they can therefore be unlearned.
Brian Tracy (born 1944) is a Canadian-born motivational speaker and author.
Nora Ephron Quotes
Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.
The only way to learn is to keep doing something new, and, if you’re lucky, learning with people who really know how to do it.
Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director.
Child’s Interactions (Haiku Series #347)
Learning
Ice cream bell ringing?
Memory bank mistaken—
Trolley car coming
Designing
Engineer at work
Oops . . . building blocks falling down—
Right back to square one
Trusting
Swallowing loose tooth
What about the Tooth Fairy?
Dreams filled with magic
Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes
I’ve felt some great feelings on the baseball field . . . in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV . . . but the feeling you get when you give a kid a chance, that is a hundred times greater than that feeling.
Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.
Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960) is a former Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed the “Iron Man,” because of his playing in 2,632 consecutive games, he is a Hall-of-Fame honoree. His entire career of 21 seasons was spent with the Baltimore Orioles.
Colin Powell Quotes
There are no secrets to success. It is only the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.
Colin Powell (1937-2021) was an American army officer and diplomat.
Journey’s Beginnings (Haiku Series #339)
Witnessing
Welcome blessed child
May you taste world’s endless gifts—
Vision awakens
Trusting
Eyes find breath of peace
Embracing each precious day—
Experience counts
Growing
Remembering youth
Innocent times of learning—
Treasures of friendship
Willa Cather Quotes
Life hurries past us . . . too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was a writer known for her stories of living on the Great Plains.
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