Karen Oberst

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~ Maya Angelou

Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities. ~ Robert H. Schuller

I dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas... ~ Emily Bronte

Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened. ~ Charles Spurgeon

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

Joy is very infectious; therefore, be always full of joy. ~ Mother Teresa

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot ... oppress people who are not afraid anymore. ~ Cesar Chavez

If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. ~ Helen Gahagan Douglas

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. ~ Baruch Spinoza

Even now, I find that no matter what has happened... I have a lot of trust, that people can be better than they are. ~ Alice Walker

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness. ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner

Where our joy is, there should our work be. ~ Tertullian

Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family. ~ Mother Theresa

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. ~ Zora Neale Hurston

Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch. ~ Steve Droke

Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ~ Margaret Lee Runbeck

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? ~ Rene Descartes

Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. ~ Thomas Carlyle

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. ~ Carol Mosely-Braun