1. Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. - unknown
2. Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff. - catherine m. wallace
3. Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. -booker t.washington
4. If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives. - lemony snicket
5. It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - thoreau
