"There's only us, there's only this; Forget regret, or life is yours to miss...No day but today..."
- Rent


"For those who understand you, no explanation is necessary; for those who don't, none is possible." 
 - Kurt Cobain


"Accept everything about yourself- I mean everything. You are you and that's the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets." 
                                                   - Anonymous


"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland


"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go" 
                                                                                           - T.S. Eliot


“Teachers must become the bearers of hope in places where there are depression and despair.  It is our job to believe in kids above everything else.”
                                                                            - Anonymous


“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more.”
                                                                                                  - The Notebook 


“I hide in the darkness not because I am afraid to experience love and happiness, but because I am afraid of what comes after.”
                                                - Anonymous


“Whatever dies, was not mix’d equally; if our two loves be one, or thou and I love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.” 
                                   – John Donne – “The Good-Morrow”


"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible."
- T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)


“People are like glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
But when the darkness settles in,
Their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” 
                                                                         – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross


“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” 
                                                                                       – Eleanor Roosevelt


“The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power of simplicity.  We have a tendency, it seems, to overcomplicate our lives and forget what’s important and what’s not.  We tend to mistake movement for achievement.  We tend to focus on activities instead of results.  And as the pace of life continues to race along in the outside world, we forget that we have the power to control our lives, regardless of what’s going on outside.”
                                            – Robert Stuberg


“Respect human talent, respond to genius, recognize reality, admire truth and beauty, and realize the meaning of the rare flower of Reason.”   
                                              - Peter Nivio Zarlenga 


“The great leaders are like the best conductors – the reach beyond the notes to reach the magic of the players.” 
              – Blaine Lee


“When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught to fly.”
                               – Edward Teller

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