“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.” – Howard Ruff

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln

“War is for young men of courage and valor. Keeping the peace is for old men with nothing else to do.” – Lawrence of Arabia

“My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.” – Mike Myers

“Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.” – Cullen Hightower

“The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.” – Cardinal de Retz

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” – Charles Bukowski

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene