Ignorance is a progressive thinker’s enemy; acceptance, awareness, accountability and action are the tools of the informed; of people who want change and do all they can to achieve it.

— Carlos Wallace

I have accepted the challenge of life, to be all that I can possibly be.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I have learned, that the person I have to ask for forgiveness from the most is: myself. You must love yourself. You have to forgive yourself, every day, whenever you remember a shortcoming, a flaw, you have to tell yourself "That's just fine". Furthermore, you have to forgive yourself so much, until you don't even see those things anymore. Because that's what love is like.

— C. JoyBell C.

I invite each of you to let go of your fears for just one day and say YES to life… say YES to love… say YES to You! You can always go back to saying ‘no’ another day.

— Alaric Hutchinson

I lied," I said. ..." I know it," he said." Then do something about it. Do anything, just so it's something."" I can't," he said." There ain't anything to do? Not anything?"" I didn't say that," Grandfather said. "I said I couldn't. You can."" What?" I said. "How can I forget it? Tell me how to."" You can't," he said. "Nothing is ever forgotten. Nothing is ever lost. It's too valuable."" Then what can I do?"" Live with it," Grandfather said." Live with it? You mean, forever? For the rest of my life? Not ever to get rid of it? Never? I can't. Don't you see that I can't?"" Yes you can," he said. "You will. A gentleman always does. A gentleman can live through anything. He faces anything. A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences, even when he did not himself instigate them but only acquiesced to them, didn't say No though he knew he should.

— William Faulkner

It is good to have a reason for every action you perform other than blaming others for your faults.

— Auliq Ice

It is your life, accept the challenge.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

— Germany Kent

Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that you are.

— Mandy Hale

...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happened, did.

— Raymond E. Feist