True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do. 
– Mason Cooley

For decades, I’ve gathered precious insights. Each one I read is like a breath of life. They lift my spirit and remind of the good we can do and marvelous things we can be. I hope these words of wisdom encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire. I hope the Succeed and Soar web site gladdens your heart.

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.
– Betty Rees

It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing – that’s the Lord’s test.
–Mahalia Jackson

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.  It’s the life in your years.
– Abraham Lincoln

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that set us back into the slow circles of nature is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. 
— May Sarton

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
-William James