“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam Keen

“Be as passionate about listening as you are about wanting to be heard.” – Brené Brown

“You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore

“Our goal is that with the help of the community, collectively [ArtQuest Foundation board] will raise at least $1 million to support ArtsQuest and Musikfest, a number that symbolizes the one million people who attend the festival each year. If even half of our Musikfest fans give only $1, we’ll reach that number.” – Thomas Riddle, chair of the ArtsQuest Foundation board (and VNFA’s Founder & Chairman) READ MORE

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn

“He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. ” – Chinese Proverb

“Financial planning is like navigation. If you know where you are and where you want to go, navigation isn’t such a great problem. It’s when you don’t know the two points that it’s difficult.” – Venita VanCaspel

“Never be so busy as to not think of others.” – Mother Teresa

“Every phase of growth starts with a phase of overwhelm.” – Josh Shipp

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind could invent…” – Arthur Conan Doyle