"Happiness lies for those who cry,
 those who hurt, those who have searched,
 and those who tried,
 for only they can appreciate the importance
 of people who have touched their lives."
 Author Unknown 

"May I never get too busy in my own affairs
 that I fail to respond to the needs of others
 with kindness and compassion."
 Thomas Jefferson

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,
 A smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
 An honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
 All of which have the potential to turn a life around."
 Leo Buscaglia

"All Of us are scarred by life;
 It's just that some scars
 show more clearly than others.
 Our scars tell us that we have lived."
 Diana Golden

"Live so that when your children think
 of fairness and integrity,
 they think of you."
 H. Jackson Brown,Jr.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence
 by every experience in which
 you really stop to look fear in the face.
 You are able to say to yourself,
 I lived through this horror.
 I can take the next things that come along."
 Eleanor Roosevelt

"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. 
 Criticize me, and I may not like you. 
 Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. 
 Encourage me, and I will not forget you."
 William Arthur Ward