" "If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of payments." "

— Earl Wilson

" Hurt is a part of life. To be hurt makes you stronger, to recover makes you better. "

— Unknown

" Teaching is the greatest act of optimism. "

— Colleen Wilcox

" It was my father who taught me to value myself. "

— Dawn French

" Morning made a considerable difference in my general prospect of Life, and brightened it so much that it scarcely seemed the same. "

— Great Expectations by Charles Dikkens

" Distance is not for the fearful, it is for the bold. It’s for those who are willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for a little time with the one they love. It’s for those knowing a good thing when they see it, even if they don’t see it nearly enough. "

— Meghan Daum