If we don’t stand up for children, then we don’t stand for much.
—Marian Wright Edelman

Passion is too important to be without, but too fickle to be guided by…. Don’t follow your passion, but always bring it with you.
—Mike Rowe

Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s deep needs.
—Frederick Buechner

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
—John Wooden

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
—Michael Jordan