"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Always do what you are afraid to do."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
— Erica Jong

"tomorrow is today"
— Erika Walters

"why are trying so hard to fit in, when you're born to stand out"
— Oliver James

"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving - we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

"Like water, be gentle and strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth and strong enough to rise up and reshape the world"
— Brenda Peterson

""May I surrender the past without regret, and accept the future without fear.""
— Brenda Jenkins Kleager

"Diversity is the key to opening many doors."
— Zoe Huval

"When in trouble, when in doubt. Run in circles scream and shout."
— Betty Paraskevas (Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: The Big Scare)

"Ugliness is an illusion, gentlemen. Like beauty. Like color. All depends on the light. The only reality is action."
— Karen Traviss (Star Wars Republic Commando True Colors)

"to be yourself is the only thing that matters "
— Erika H.

"I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls. "
— Martin Luther King Jr. (I Have A Dream)

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche