Phoebe Featherly

Learn

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” ~ Malala Yousafzai More about learning: “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ~ Leonardo da Vinci “There is noContinue reading “Learn”

Be Passionate

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” ~ Jane Goodall More on passion: “There is no passion to be found playing small–in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”Continue reading “Be Passionate”

Don’t Be Afraid

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson More about fear: “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” ~ Rosa Parks “What is a fear of living? It’s beingContinue reading “Don’t Be Afraid”

Start Small

“As an intern for Vice President Walter Mondale, I arrived the first day ready to write policy memos and change the world… but my assignment was doing an inventory of the furniture.” ~ Amy Klobuchar More on starting small: “Have a bias toward action – let’s see something happen now. You can break that bigContinue reading “Start Small”

Ambition

“When ambition ends, happiness begins.” ` Thomas Merton More on ambition: “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.” ~ Barack Obama “Our ambitionContinue reading “Ambition”

Money, Money, Money

“It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.” ~ Gloria Steinem More from Gloria: “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” “Don’t think about making women fit the world—think about making the world fit women.” “Revolutions that last don’t happen from the top down.Continue reading “Money, Money, Money”

One day . . .

“One day or day one. You decide.” ~ Unknown Here’s what Goethe had to say about it: “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His worksContinue reading “One day . . .”

Persist

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi More from Gandhi: “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” “Man becomes great exactly in theContinue reading “Persist”

Tell the Truth

“If you have value as an artist it’s probably going to be in your capacity to let things inside you get past things that are placed there to keep you from telling the truth. The more you see things as clearly and coldly as you can, the more value you’re going to have.” ~ TonyContinue reading “Tell the Truth”

Adapting to Change

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” ~ Stephen Hawking “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” “The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happenContinue reading “Adapting to Change”