
Finding Balance
One has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.- Jessye Norman

One has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.- Jessye Norman

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges make life worth living. – Mary Tyler Moore

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama


Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John

It doesn’t matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. – Carl Lewis


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