My books collect the wisdom of history’s greats. This page is more personal — lines from all over that make me smile, kept where I can find them. It grows slowly.
“You’ve made this day a special day by just your being you. There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”
I love quotes, as you may know, and these make me smile as a parent. Maybe they’ll make you smile too — whether you’re a parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, teacher, or friend to a child somewhere. Aren’t we all, in one way or another?
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”
“The days are long but the years are short.”
“What makes a good parent? Being present. Noticing. Caring about what your child cares about.”
“The greatest thing we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.”
“When you know better, you do better.”
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
Words that make life bigger.
Every Saturday morning I send one short essay on optimism, purpose, and enough — often built around a line like these. Free, three minutes, no noise.
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