What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Jane Goodall, primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist
Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die. Eddie Van Halen, guitarist, songwriter, producer 1955-2020
People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. Aretha Franklin, singer
Except for those who only seem to want to give you bad advice... like don't wear a mask, Covid will disappear like magic soon, or the Earth is really flat.
"What better time right now, we need this. I felt like this was the time for me to open my heart and my hand, and try to help." Dolly Parton, Country star, on her contribution to a promising coronavirus vaccine
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. Thomas Huxley, biologist, anthropologist
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones. John Lennon Singer-songwriter
“One of the great challenges in life is knowing enough to think you're right but not enough to know you're wrong” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us. Charlotte Bronte, writer
In light of my profession, this one is particularly relevant . . . I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention. Diane Sawyer, broadcast journalist
Abusers immediately switching from asserting sadistic domination OVER their victims, to demanding merciful empathy FROM their victims, is the basic “two-step” of any abusive relationship. Mike Duncan Historian and author of “The Storm Before the Storm:The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic”.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. Hank Aaron, Major League Baseball right fielder, former record holder for career home runs 1934-2021
“germs are not a real thing. I can’t see them, therefore they are not real.” Pete Hegseth co host Fox & Friends Sunday https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pete-hegseth-germs-not-real/
For there is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it. Amanda Gorman, National Youth Poet Laureate, during her speech at President Joe Biden's inauguration
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Muhammad Ali, professional heavyweight boxer, social activist, entertainer, philanthropist
