Literature Review

I wonder if my first breath was as soul-stirring to my mother as her last breath was to me. ~ Lisa Goich-Andreadis, 14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two-Week Goodbye

Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Mark Twain

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt 

Riders Up! ... Simone Biles will be calling  the "Riders Up!" command at today's Kentucky Derby 2025. "Rider Up" serves as the signal for jockeys to mount their horses in preparation for the race. 

I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May. ~ Smokey Robinson

 Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. ~ Chuang Tzu

You carry more weight into the woods than you carry out.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~ Albert Schweitzer

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands — one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. ~ Audrey Hepburn

Volunteering is at the very core of being human. No one has made it through life without some else's help. ~ Heather French Henry

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

With the story of your life, you don't get to write the whole book, just your character. ~ Olivia Munn