“Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” – A. A. Milne

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” – Ovied

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and hands, and then work outward from there.” – Robert M. Pirsig

“What wonderful thing didn’t start out scary?” – Isaac Marion

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life — and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” – Georgia O’Keefe

“Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember.” – Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

“Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” – Doris Lessing