"Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks."
- Graduate’s Advice as asked for by Postsecret Founder
"The impossible happens often enough to keep us hopeful. The improbable happens often enough to keep us trying."
- Life’s Little Instruction Calendar 11/23/09
"No life can escape being blown about by the winds of change and chance. And though you never know all the steps, you must learn to join the dance."
- “Through Heaven’s Eyes,” Prince of Egypt
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you’ll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey."
- Edward Renaldi (Mia’s father), from his letter to Mia for her 16th birthday, The Princess Diaries
"Sometimes that mountain you’ve been climbing is just a grain of sand. And what you’ve been out there searching for forever is in your hands. And when you figure out love is all that matters after all, it sure makes everything else seem so small."
- “So Small,” Carrie Underwood
"What I love most about rivers is you can’t step in the same river twice. The water’s always changing, always flowing. But people, I guess, can’t be like that. We all must pay a price. To be safe we lose our chance of ever knowing what’s around the riverbend."
- “Just Around the Riverbend,” Pocahontas
"The sweetest sounds I’ll ever hear are still inside my head. The kindest words I’ll ever know are waiting to be said. The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see. And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me."
- “The Sweetest Sounds,” Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
"What’s it all about? It’s about life. It’s about fun. It’s over before it has begun. It’s about you. It’s about me. It’s about everything between, and I say.. I’m saying goodbye to you. I say hi to you with no clue. It’s about time that I make up my mind."
- “It’s About Time,” Lillix
"I want adventure in the great, wide somewhere! I want it more than I can tell. And for once it might be grand to have someone understand I want so much more than they’ve got planned."
- “Belle Reprise,” Beauty and the Beast
"My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to: Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small, you never need to carry more than you can hold. And while you’re out there getting where you’re getting to, I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too."
- “My Wish,” Rascal Flatts
