"Cross the river by feeling the stones." Chinese saying "Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a skilled carpenter to build one." Sam Rayburn"Whether you think you can or think you can't - you're right." Henry Ford"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others use your heart." Eleanor Roosevelt"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” Pablo Picasso.“Every day I try to figure out whether there's something i can do that will make a difference." Madeline Albright"When things seem hopeless, you must be the hope." "When you pray, move your feet." African proverb"There's no traffic jam along the extra mile." Roger Staubach"The maxim, Nothing prevails but perfection, may also be spelled, PARALYSIS." Winston Churchill"The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors.'" Jonas Salk"I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, 'Who shall I send, and who will go for us?' Then, said I, 'Here am I, Lord, send me.'" Isaiah"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." John Lewis"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love." Martin Luther King"Hope is the belief in the plausibility of the possible, as opposed to the necessity of the probable." Maimonides"Do not judge me by my successes; judge me by how many times i fell down and got back up." Nelson Mandela"If stars needed the sky's permission to shine, the universe would be a very dark place." Matshona Dhliwayo"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." John Wooden“Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.” Colin PowellYou can curse the darkness or you can light a candle. I choose to light candles. "if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together." Nelson Mandela“Our world is not divided by race, color, gender, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion” Nelson Mandela