Martha Begley Schade > Quotes

“You know, everyone needs a place they can call home! They need people and a place to go which is theirs, a safe haven. A place to feel protected, where you can be yourself and unwind. A place where you are accepted. A safe roof over your head.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness

“Lies can travel so fast, from one person to another. You can never take them back. It is like shaking out a pillowcase full of feathers at the top of a mountain on a windy day. Do you think you would ever be able to gather up every single feather again?”
“No, I guess not”, said the little girl.
“No, you can never find all the feathers because you will never know where they have gone – or how far”, replied the tree. “It’s the same with lies, rumours, and gossip”.”
― Martha Begley Schade, The Listening Tree: Befriending Nature

“Homelessness hurts.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness

“One thing is for sure, friends can be found in the strangest of places; one only needs to get out there and find them.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Flappy: The Pigeon Who Overcame Bullying. From Zero To Hero!

“Discovering our strengths and finding the good in all of us is worth its weight in gold! If we had found gold, what on earth would we have done with it? Built a better nest? What we found was golden friendship.”
― Martha Begley Schade, The Golden Key Of Wisdom: A Journey Into Teamwork

“Friendships need nurturing to grow and stay healthy.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness

“Fame and fortune can come from the strangest of places or have the oddest of reasons!”
― Martha Begley Schade, Flappy: The Pigeon Who Overcame Bullying. From Zero To Hero!

“He rose up and up until he was high in the sky. From there, he sailed a lot of the way, gliding on the warm sea breezes.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Flappy: The Pigeon Who Overcame Bullying. from Zero to Hero!

“Kindness given, always returns. Kindness is a circle.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness

“It can be so exciting finding the good in another person”
― Martha Begley Schade, The Golden Key Of Wisdom: A Journey Into Teamwork

“A slight breeze would make the leaves dance and the sun’s rays would flicker through the branches and throw beautiful patterns of shadow and light on the ground.”
― Martha Begley Schade, The Listening Tree: Befriending Nature

“The woods are a wonderful place to be. They are never the same on any two days.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Billa & Buster: The Circle Of Kindness

“It is always worth it to rise to a challenge as happiness is often the result.”
― Martha Begley Schade, Flappy: The Pigeon Who Overcame Bullying. From Zero To Hero!

“Funny that!", he would often think to himself. "The very worst thing about me, the thing that made others laugh and call me names, was actually the best thing that ever happened to me!
And all through the bullying, I never knew there was a hero in me, waiting to come out".”
― Martha Begley Schade, Flappy: The Pigeon Who Overcame Bullying. From Zero To Hero!