I am a parent and do not have the luxury of principles.

Father (who doesn't like his state going to war): I am a parent and do not have the luxury of principles.
...
Son (who is enlisting in the army): Father, I thought you were a man of principles.

Father: When you have a family of your own perhaps you will understand.

Son: When I have a family of my own I won't hide behind them.

- "The Patriot"

when each day is the same as the next

"...when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to
recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the
sun rises."

"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

Money for good books

"No matter how tight our budget was over the years, we always made money available for good books." - Tim seldin in "How to raise an amazing child The montessori way"

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There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.

“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”

- “A Hat Full of Sky ” by Terry Pratchett through Julie911

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.”

- Bill Cosby through Julie911

This is your life. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.

“This is your life. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.”

- Mr. Destiny through Julie911

If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create.

“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

- John Lennon through Juliee911

Everybody is a genius

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

- Albert Einstein through Julie911

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb through a flourishing life

Reliable and genuine discipline

Reliable and genuine discipline comes not from repression, but from an
understanding of all the whys and wherefores of our actions.

- Dalai Lama

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”

- “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss through Julie911

It is what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.

“It is not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it is what you whisper to yourself that has the most power.”

- Robert T. Kiyosaki through Julie911

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

- Lao Tzu through Julie911

A trustworthy person

"It is rare in this world to meet a trustworthy person who truly wants to help you, and finding such a person can make you feel warm and safe, even if you are in the middle of a windy valley high up in the mountains."

- Lemony Snicket in "Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid"

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Crying

"Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Frustration brings out the worst in oneself

"Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Shyness

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Courage

"If one's safety is threatened, one often finds courage one didn't know one had."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

One's regrets

"One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one's regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'

Times to stay put and times to go out and find

"There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself."

- Lemony Snicket in 'Bitter Thruths You Can't Avoid'