“What really matters is what you do with what you have.” – Shirley Lord

“You are the story teller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.” – Isabel Allende

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.” – Ethel Barrymore

“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren

You can’t depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain

“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry season in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Until we learn whichever life lesson we’re meant to at the time, our lessons will keep coming back to us.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference….and the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” – Elie Wiesel

“And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” – Erica Jong

“My son’s my son until he gets him a wife, but my daughter’s my daughter all of her life.” – Stanley Banks, Father of the Bride