Mistakes; Norton Juster
You must never feel badly about making mistakes,” explained Reason quietly, “as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do for being right for the wrong reasons.
-Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Encouragement; Winnie the Pooh
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
-AA Milne, Winnie the Pooh
People; Dr. Seuss
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
-Dr. Seuss
Wisdom; Proust
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can ever take for us or spare us.”
-Marcel Proust
Life; Edgeworth
“If we take care of the moments the years will take care of themselves.”
-Maria Edgeworth
Save Me; Titanic
“It’s not up to you to save me, Jack.”
“You’re right, only you can do that.”
-Rose & Jack; Titanic
See Beyond; Extras
“You must learn to see beyond the little men.”
-Andrew Simpson-Smith; Scott Westerfeld, Extras
Questions; Generation X GenoGoths
Paige picked at a rock in the tread of her boot. “Hank McCoy once said to me, ‘when you don’t like the answers you’re getting, ask another question.’…”
-J. Steven York, Generation X: GenoGoths
Criticism; The Great Gatsby
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
