When I became pregnant with our first child, my joy knew no bounds. After the initial excitement died down, I was terrified with the responsibility that was facing me. Then I made a statement which I have quoted many times since. It’s become one of my favorites as well. Feel free to use it:

“Dumber people than me have done it, and I’m not dumb!”
—Lois Shenker

Here are some of my favorites.

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll still get run over if you just sit there." —Will Rogers

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way, you are right.”
—Henry Ford

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter,and those who matter don't mind.”
—Dr. Seuss

“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
—George Eliot

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.”
— Ivy Baker Priest

“What lies behind us and what lies before us is a tiny matter compared to what lies within us.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning to work on becoming yourself."
—Anna Quindlen, American author

"Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong."
—James Leo Herlihy

 

Contact Lois: 503.245.0018 loisshenker1@comcast.net