765 – “I believe that dreams — day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing — are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. A prominent educator tells me that fairy tales are of untold value in developing imagination in the young.”

–L Frank Baum

Today is Tell a Fairy Tale Day, so go out and reread your favorite or tell a new one!

652 – “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

–The Lorax in Dr Seuss’ The Lorax

342 – “I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”

–Ken Venturi

122 – “You don’t need bigger boobs. You need to read better books.”

– anonymous

110 – “The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.”

– Adora Svitak