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“I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers.

Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
― Oliver Sacks, Gratitude

“Education has for its object the formation of character.”
― Herbert Spencer

“I was taught to think about mission and people. Mission. What are you trying to accomplish? Don't do anything until you know what the mission is. Drilled into our hearts and into our heads.”
― Colin Powell

“Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen and some people wonder what happened.”
― Jerry Minchey, Motorhome and RV Retirement Living: The Most Enjoyable and Least Expensive Way to Retire