“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Nothing has happened today except kindness.” – Gertrude Stein

“The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

“I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong…but to feel strong.” – Jon Krakauer

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

“It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“Do your best and trust that others do their best. And be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa

“Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.” – Cheryl Strayed

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along”…You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt