“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” ~Kurt Vonnegut
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ~Stephen King
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.” ~Charles M. Schulz
“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” ~Lewis Carroll
“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” ~Auguste Rodin
“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.” ~William Faulkner
“Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.” ~Amy Poehler
“Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul.” ~Thomas Merton
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
“Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education” ~Goethe
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” ~Pema Chödrön
“Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.” ~Anton Chekhov
“Everything in life comes to you as a teacher. Pay Attention. Learn Quickly.” ~Cherokee saying
“We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what’s left is who we truly are.” ~Arianna Huffington
”The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.” ~David Bayles