Friends Both Encourage and Respect You

A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice -
but when you don't follow it,
they still respect and love you.
- Doris Wild Helmering

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us
to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Being human, we are imperfect.
That's why we need each other.
To catch each other when we falter.
To encourage each other when we lose heart.
Some may lead; others may follow;
but none of us can go it alone.
- Hillary Clinton

Further reading: Give Love and Comfort

A Little Help from My Friends

Acts of Kindness

Offer Comfort
      

You Can't Stop Progress, Nobody Can Stop Progress

Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
- George Bernard Shaw

You've gotta find a way to get out of your own way,
so you can progress in life.
- Steve Carlton

The important work of moving the world forward
does not wait to be done by perfect men.
- George Eliot

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
- Village People

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Further reading: New Ideas

Moving Forward

Progress of the Human Mind
        

Take Care of Yourself

Don't forget to love yourself.
- Soren Kierkegaard

In my own deepening understanding of myself
I find my capacity to serve others is deepened as well.
The better I am at self-care
the more genuinely nurturing of others I am able to be.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Be gentle first with yourself.
- Lama Yeshe

First renew your own body, mind and emotions;
be kind, compassionate, and gentle with yourself.
Then use your regenerated strength and commitment
to be of service to the less fortunate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Affirmation: Today, I will be gentle with myself.

Further reading: Renew Yourself

Feel Good About Yourself

Keep Your Head

Make Time For Yourself

Love Yourself
      

Father's Day 2018

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter

The best inheritance a parent can give his children
is a few minutes of his time each day.
- Orlando A. Battista

Let parents bequeath to their children
not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
- Plato

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
- Carl Jung

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal,
with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.
- John Ciardi

You can never really live anyone else's life,
not even your child's.
The influence you exert is through your own life,
and what you've become yourself.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor

Further reading: Our Grandchildren's Planet

Feeding the Children

God's Children
     

Your Own Authority

The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
- Terry Goodkind

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
- Robert A. Heinlein

The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

If we would guide by the light of reason
we must let our minds be bold.
- Louis D. Brandeis

Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic,
for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
- Robert Lindner

Further reading: Re-Examine All You Think You Know

Trust Your Own Advice

Practice Conscious Awareness