Iwai Tradition Quotes & Sayings

Don't look to others to give you happiness. Grow it within yourself and share it with the world around you. Bets are, if you give a bit of your happiness to the world, it will begin a ripple effect, and who knows how many other people you can help. It's never too late to decide that your happiness (or whatever it is that you want) is yours to create and not the other way around. — Leigh Hershkovich

There's something profoundly intense and intoxicating about friendship found en route. It's the bond that arises from being thrust into uncomfortable circumstances, and the vulnerability of trusting others to navigate those situations. It's the exhilaration of meeting someone when we are our most alive selves, breathing new air, high on life-altering moments. It's the discovery of the commonality of the world's people and the attendant rejection of prejudices. It's the humbling experience of being suspicious of a stranger who then extends a great kindness. It's the astonishment of learning from those we set out to teach. It's the intimacy of sharing small spaces, the recognition of a kindred spirit across the globe.
It's the travel relationship, and it can only call itself family. — Lavinia Spalding

The house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah ... — John Geddes

To Become what you Believe, You must first Believe in what you have yet to Become — Joe Goodrich

I had evolved a year too soon, and it nearly broke me — Carlyle Labuschagne

How can you fail a test you aren't allowed to prepare for? — Veronica Roth

We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. — Dave Barry

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family ... — Frances Wright