Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated. - Fred Rogers

Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words — like 'aggression' and even 'violence'. Real strength is neither male nor female; but it is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that a human being can possess.

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever done

The way you would draw a tree is different from the way anyone else would draw a tree — and that’s the way it’s supposed to be!