“Being kind to yourself isn’t about ignoring your weaknesses. It’s about giving yourself permission to learn from your mistakes.” ​– Adam Grant

“May our words become actions, our actions become culture and our culture become the foundation for a world where all beings can thrive in dignity and beloved community.” ~Charter for Compassion 2.0

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” ~Jane Goodall

“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you– all the expectations, all of the beliefs– and becoming who you are. Not a better you, but a realer you.” -Rachel Naomi Remen My Grandfather’s Blessing

“Choosing to have joy is not naively thinking everything will be easy. It is courageously believing that there is still hope, even when things get hard.” ​ – Morgan Harper Nichols

“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There is still so much in the world worth fighting for. So much that is beautiful, so many wonderful people working to reverse the harm, to help alleviate the suffering. And so many young people dedicated to making this a better world.” ​ – Jane Goodall

“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Carlos Castaneda

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” -Scott Adam

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” ​ – Robert M. Parsig