If you expect someone else to guide you, you’ll be lost.
Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn’t cut it.
James Earl Jones,
actor
Nothing can replace courage, a resounding motivation and that little bit of luck.
Edmund Hillary,
mountaineer, explorer
Only someone who is well-prepared has the opportunity to improvise.
Ingmar Bergman,
film director, screenwriter, producer
When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers.
Angela Bassett,
actor, director, producer
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair,
writer, essayist, journalist, critic
You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.
Lauren Bacall,
actor
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.
Albert Einstein,
theoretical physicist
I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.
Stephenie Meyer,
writer
Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.
Carole King,
singer-songwriter
To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
Bill Watterson,
cartoonist
Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference.
Madeleine L’Engle,
writer
We’ve always been about playing it properly.
There are people who just play instruments, and I’m pleased to know that I’m one of them.
Charlie Watts,
drummer
1941-2021
Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.
Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often.
Nanci Griffith,
singer-songwriter, musician
1953-2021
