Literature Review

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. ~ Lucy Larcom

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. ~ Brené  Brown

Do It Anyway by Mother Teresa / Kent M. KeithPeople are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; do good anyway...

Light tomorrow with today. ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

January is the quietest month in the garden. But just because it looks quiet doesn't mean that nothing is happening. ~ Rosalie Muller Wright

Firefighters remind us that selflessness is the strongest kind of strength. ~ Unknown

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. ~ Bernard M. Baruch

In the end, it is importnat to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. ~ Max De Pree

The beginning is the most important part of the work. ~ Plato

Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence, and face your future wtihout fear. ~Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start. ~ Nido Qubein

I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind. ~ Neil Gaiman

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~ Hal Borland