It's a cold day here in Chicago and I need a little pick-me-up. I thought maybe some other people might too, so I want to share some of my favorite quotes to bring inspiration to our days. 

“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.” ~ Lance Armstrong

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ~ Shel Silverstein

"A good teacher is a master of simplification and an enemy of simplism." ~ Louis Berman

"America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You've gotta want it bad, cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say 'You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, and who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.' You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free." ~ The American President

"Anything less than the best is a felony." ~ Vanilla Ice

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." ~ Barack Obama

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…it has no survival value; rather is one of those things that gives value to survival." ~C.S. Lewis

"I was just wondering if you'd come along, hold up my head when my head won't hold on, I'll do the same if the same's what you want." ~Dave Matthews Band

"Clear eye, full hearts, can't lose." ~Friday Night Lights

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." ~Maya Angelou

What is your favorite quote? Please share in the comments section.