Quotes from Tom Krause

There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.

We all have a choice. We all have a say. We are spectators in life or we get in and play. Whichever we choose, how we handle lifes game, the choices are ours no one else is to blame.

Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.

Culture change takes time, and NASA's culture is definitely improving. Based on its success, the change method is now being taken to each center agency-wide.

You all have gifts and talents that make you different, unique, special. When you try to impress someone by acting like someone you are not you cover up the real you. The world needs the real you. People count. People matter. You count. You matter. In your own way, at your own time, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Keep you eyes open. Guard your thoughts. Negativity lurks to divide you from one another so your better natures become poisoned with hate. This is not who you are. This is not who you were destined to be. Keep your eye on unity. Keep your eye on encouragement. Keep you eyes on love. Then negativity will take its place as a powerless force. That is when you will fulfill the purpose you were born to achieve.

Do not be afraid, for even now I hear the yearnings of your heart, and I am sending you my answer to your prayers. Though you may not know the ways of your journey, I am guiding you with my gentle touch. You are not alone. I hold you in my hands to protect you. Someday my plan for you will become clear and you will find peace. Until such time walk in faith. Remember- I love you. You are my child.

The saddest of all hearts is one without gratitude.

The happiest people in life are the givers, not the getters.

Sometimes we find ourselves stumbling over obstacles we face today but always see the big picture and keep moving forward. Have faith - someday you will get to where you were meant to be and you will be strong enough to weather any storm.

For when there is victory, when battles are won, when burdens are lifted, when bright shines the sun, when struggling souls gather where heroes belong, they find in themselves the heart of the strong.

Flowers don't bloom where no seeds have been planted. If you want kindness, be kind. If you want acceptance, be accepting. If you want encouragement, be encouraging. If you want forgiveness, be forgiving. If you want love, be loving. If you want respect, be respectful. We should not expect from others what we fail to give to them.

God is not impressed by how many Bible verses you know, He is impressed by how kind, merciful and gracious you are to people you know and people you don't know.

The best things that have ever happened to me have not been the result of anything I have done. Some might say that is luck. I call them blessings and in some cases miracles.

We all listen to two voices. One voice leads us to our vices. The other voice leads us to our virtues. One voice brings evil. One voice brings good. If you add a D to the beginning of the word evil you realize where vices come from. If you take away an O from the word good you realize where virtues come from. We all struggle with life at times. The key is to listen to the right voice.

There are no failures. There are only experiences and our reactions to them.

We all have issues. We live with our issues until they start causing us conflict. Then we address our issues to change. If we don't we live with the consequences.

If you can find as much happiness at the bottom of the ladder of success as you can at the top, then you understand contentment.

Encouragement is telling the truth about the good you see in another person and wanting it to be recognized by that person.

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.

I sacrifice not that you should love me; I sacrifice because I love you.

God is in the healing, not the pain.