Patricia

“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Elizabeth B. Brown, Working Successfully with Screwed-Up People

“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”
― Kathleen Norris

“Consider what a good plan certainly will have. It’s similar to a story: it has a start (how you will start the whole thing off: ‘Pete,”
― Nicholas Bate, Have it Your Way

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero