Anger turned inward is depression.
   - Sigmund Freud

You don't get over it,
you get on with it.

I'm all messed up right now,
but no more than anybody else.

You just go on
because you have to.

Sometimes we make good choices
and sometimes we have to live
with the bad choices we've already made.

Why?
Because I'm a man of honor.

Problems have solutions,
whereas dilemmas have horns,
like in
"he's in the horns of a dilemma."

Fear and depression are thieves.
They steals all your todays
and make you dread tomorrow.
But today is all you have
and there's no reason to worry about tomorrow
because God is already there.

Live your life in truth.

Words have meaning...
you say them and give them life.

Words give life.
Words give birth to your thoughts,
which you send on to the world.
Words have power.

Careful with what you say.

All that it takes
are the right words...
spoken with all your heart,
all your soul
and all your might.

Father, give me the words that help.

You can rest when you're dead.

Some questions are for answering,
others are better left
to torture and torment for all eternity.

Can a person escape their nature?

Nothing is easy
but some things are right.

What have you done lately?

Sometimes the only way
to get the right perspective
is to let time pass.

When we can,
we should never stop trying
to touch their hearts.

The only way to tell the truth
is to speak with kindness.
Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
   - Henry David Thoreau

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain...
and most do.
   - Dale Carnegie

Aim for excellence, not perfection.
   - Anon

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
   - Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness.
   - Dalai Lama

He is ill clothed
that is bare of virtue.
   - Benjamin Franklin

We shall never know all the good
that a simple smile can do.
   - Mother Teresa

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
the last of the human freedoms -
to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way.
   - Victor Frankl

As you do, so will be done to you.
   - Jewish Proverb

Everything comes to him
who hustles while he waits.
   - Thomas A. Edison

What I know for sure
is that what you give comes back to you.
   - Oprah Winfrey

Kind words do not cost much.
Yet they accomplish much.
   - Blaise Pascal

Truth does matter.

We either make ourselves happy or miserable.
The amount of work is the same.
   - Carlos Castaneda

Craft each day into a masterpiece.

We tend to get what we expect.
   - Norman Vincent Peale

If you want to build a ship...
don't herd people together to collect wood
and don't assign them tasks and work,
but rather teach them to long
for the endless immensity of the sea.
  - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Yes, we can...
individually...
change the world.

Everyone we meet
touches us.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process,
gradually changing opinions,
slowly eroding old barriers,
quietly building new structures.
   - John F. Kennedy

Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain.

Forgive. For every minute you remain angry,
you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind.
   - F. Scott Fitzgerald

It was only a sunny smile,
and little it cost in giving.
But like morning light,
it scattered the night,
and made the day worth living.
   - Unknown

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.
Think only on those things
that are in line with your principles
and can bear the light of day.
The content of your character is your choice.
Day by day, what you do is who you become.
Your integrity is your destiny...
it is the light that guides your way.
   - Heraclitus

Don't be blinded
by what you've mistaken for love.

There are angels
and there are devils.
If it feels good
to have someone looking after me,
make sure it's an angel,
not a devil.

The only constant is change,
to adapt and improve today,
and in so doing to shape tomorrow.

Time heals.

The best is yet to come.

Do the right thing,
no matter what.

Forgive everyone for everything.

Enjoy the ride.

Every obstacle
presents an opportunity
to improve our condition.

Without adversity
there is no drive.

Don't relive yesterday.

You cannot fix stupid...
you can only laugh at it.

Sometimes
the only way
to get the right perspective
is to let time pass.

Time heals.

It's hard
to find the right medication
for grief.

Don't trade the power of love
for the love of power.

Work is not hard
if you're doing what you love.

Life is sweet.

What we think of as signs of aging
are really symptoms of a lack of use.

Three Rules of Work:
Out of clutter find simplicity;
From discord find harmony;
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
   - Albert Einstein

No man is an island entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.
   - John Donne

There are two ways to live:
you can live as if nothing is a miracle,
or you can live as if everything is a miracle.
   - Albert Einstein

Nothing is so fatiguing
as the eternal hanging on
of an uncompleted task.
   - William James

He who lives by hope
will die by hunger.
   - Italian Proverb

When we feel love and kindness toward others,
it not only makes others feel loved and cared for,
but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
   - The Dalai Lama

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
   - Buddha

Remember that there is no happiness
in having or in getting,
but only in giving...
reach out, share, smile, hug.
   - Og Mandino

If it's observable,
then it's controllable.
   - Rudolf Kalman

Laugh in their faces
when they say mean things,
and prove by our success
that we're better than they are.

Learn to love anyone that comes your way,
and you'll draw back love to yourself.
   - Touched By An Angel "Manhunt"

The road to the head
lies through the heart.
   - American Proverb

One of the deep secrets of life
is that all that is really worth the doing
is what we do for others.
   - Lewis Carroll

And in the end,
it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.
   - Abraham Lincoln

There is no such thing as a coincidence.

One's objective should be
to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over.
You see, your problem won't improve with age.
   - Warren Buffett

The best portion of a good man's life
is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
   - William Wordsworth

Every rose has thorns.

Fear causes ambition and greed.

Nothing great
was ever achieved
without great joy.

To see a world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wild flower...
hold infinity in the palms of your hand
and eternity in an hour.
   - William Blake

You love what you bump into.

Clapping or offering positive affirmation
was the one gesture that changed everything.

Love is a fruit in season at all times,
and within reach of every hand.
   - Mother Teresa

Just because I'm past my "Sell By" date
doesn't mean I'm ready to go...
I'm not worn out just yet.

A leopard doesn't change his spots.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant,
but it is most important that you do it.
   - Mahatma Gandhi

The true hero
does not seek adulation.

If you hit a wall,
search alongside it for a door.

Kindness is not a small act.

There's only one kind of man (or woman)...
you either believe in yourself, or not.

Cast a loving thought into the heart of a friend.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Being willing is not enough; we must do.
   - Leonardo Da Vinci

Remember this day
for it will be yours for all time.
   - Leonidas, 480 BC

The force of evil
can be pretty ordinary.

We are all looking for someone who cares.

Sometimes, to some people,
it's about winning the game
at all costs.
So, don't play their game.

A life is not important
except in the impact it has on other lives.
   - Jackie Robinson, #42.

Pretty girls get away with everything...
watch yourself and compensate.

Courage is sometimes
the quiet voice at the end of the day
saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

Blessed is the person
who, having nothing to say,
does just that.

A positive thinker
does not refuse to recognize the negative,
but refuses to dwell on it.
Positive thinking is a form of thought,
which habitually looks
for the best result
from the worse conditions.
   - Norman Vincent Peale

The person who says it cannot be done
should not interrupt the person doing it.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

What is beautiful is not always good,
but what is good is always beautiful.

A new year
is another chance given
for us to get it right.

Realize that true happiness lies within you.
Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug.
   - Og Mandino

We ourselves feel that what we are doing
is just a drop in the ocean.
But the ocean would be less
because of that missing drop.
   - Mother Teresa

Everything matters.

Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves and the things we care about. We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
   - Bill Watterson

A man's reach should exceed his grasp.
   - Robert Browning.

We are changed by what we read. Close that book, and you are not the same person anymore. Because of what you just read, your worldview--your understanding, your compassion for others, your ability to engage intelligently with others--has expanded a little. Books help us grow.
   - Pat Williams

Enjoy life: this is not a rehearsal.

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
   - Emmanuel Swedenborg

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube,
it's hard to get it back in.
Be careful what you do and say.

I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
   - Robert Frost

Start by doing what's necessary,
then do what's possible...
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
   - St. Francis of Assisi

We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.
   - Henry David Thoreau

The fragrance always remains
on the hand that gives the rose.
   - Mahatma Gandhi

You have it easily in your power
to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now.
How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation
to someone who is lonely or discouraged.
Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today,
but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
   - Dale Carnegie

Gratitude is noticing the extra in the ordinary.

Every obstacle
presents an opportunity
to improve our condition.

There's no problem too big
we can't run away from it.
   - Linus to Charlie Brown

Is my behavior getting me what I want?

Exercise my willpower.

Reward my own good behavior,
and reward good behavior in others.

Keep a positive attitude.

Each of us
is an impregnable fortress
that can be laid waste
only from within.
   - Timothy J. Flynn

To be trusted
is a greater compliment
than to be loved.
   - George Macdonald

After a time, you may find
that having
is not so pleasing a thing after all
as wanting.
   - Spock, Star Trek, Amok Time

The glory of creation
is in its infinite diversity.

Outmoded ancient Greek notion:
What is good must be beautiful,
and what is beautiful must be good...
beware!

I believe in me
because I have to.

Your life is an occasion...
rise to it!

Its not stress that kills us,
it is our reaction to it.
   - Hans Selye

I know of no more encouraging fact
than the unquestionable ability of man
to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
   - Henry David Thoreau

Your future happiness may well depend
on your ability to leave the past behind.
   - anon.

I've continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I've learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.
   - Anthony Robbins

The wise man in the storm prays to God...
not for safety from danger,
but for deliverance from fear.
It is the storm within that endangers him,
not the storm without.
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Things turn out best
for the people who make the best
out of the way things turn out.
   - Art Linkletter

Have we become so powerful
that we dare to think of ourselves as gods?

Emotions influence all decisions,
careful to dress up bad decisions as good ones.

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood...
be disturbed rather at not being understanding.
   - Chinese proverb

Pay attention to ordinary things
and extraordinary things may result.
   - Catholic maxim

The race does not necessarily go to the talented.
More often, it goes to the obedient and reliable.
Preferred does not necessarily imply optimal.

Luck favors the prepared.

If you ever need a helping hand,
you'll find one at the end of your arm.
   - Yiddish Proverb

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.
   - Henri Nouwen

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.
   - Susan Polis Schutz

Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.

It's not what you CAN do,
it's what you DO that counts.

Peoples' lives change
by whom they meet
and what they read.

Some of the best things
bloom late in the season.

Bloom where you're planted.

The highest possible stage in moral culture
is when we recognize
that we ought to control our thoughts.
   - Charles Darwin

Make a good difference
in someone else's life.

The true hero
does not seek adulation...
he fights for right
simply because it's his nature.

Greed transforms
into thrift
as trickery

Make a difference.

The shortest answer is doing.
   - Proverb

Action is eloquence.
   - Shakespeare

There are many ways
throughout the day
to swerve off the path of anxiety
into a state of happiness.

Be cautious....
opportunity
does the knocking
for temptation too.
   - Al Batt

Don't we all need help!

Small acts of goodness
and everyday smiles
will truly make someone's day.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
   -Leo F. Buscaglia

Your rosebush may be full of thorns,
but I'm appreciative that my thorn bush has roses.

When the sun rises, it rises for everyone.

Make sure you always have
four things in your life:
Something to do,
someone to love,
something to hope for
and something to believe in.
   - Lou Holtz

Decisions are mostly based on emotions.
Pray that logic and common sense prevail.

The key to everything is patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg.

Time is my most important ally.

Resentment is an extremely bitter diet.

The supreme happiness of life
is the conviction that we are loved.
   - Victor Hugo

Better are loaves when the heart is joyous
than riches in unhappiness.
   - Amenemope (c. 1000 B.C.)

Our purpose may be love in action.

Happiness
is something I choose in advance...
it is a decision.
Whether or not I like something
only depends on how I decide to see it.

Celebrate life!

After the chess game,
both the king and the pawn
go into the same box.

The art of living well
and the art of dying well
are one and the same.
   - Epicurus

The happiest people
don't have the best of everything...
They just make the best
of everything that they have.

The richest person
is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least.

Everything happens for a reason.

Patience and passage of time
do more than strength and fury.
   - Jean de la Fontaine

As stewards of the public dollar,
it's the obligation of government
to exercise due diligence...
and trust but verify.

Live well,
love often
and laugh much.

Every circus
brings its own clowns.

Death may be
the greatest
of all human blessings.
   - Socrates

May all your weeds
be wildflowers.

You have to push as hard
as the age that pushes against you.
   - Flannery O'Connor

We all make mistakes...
that's why they put erasers on pencils.

The essentials of happiness are
something to do,
something to love, and
something to hope for.
   - Joseph Addison

A smooth sea
never made
a skilled mariner.
   - English Proverb

The business of progressives
is to go on making mistakes.
The business of conservatives
is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.
   - G.K. Chesterton

If you don’t know what you want,
you won’t recognize it when you get it.
   - Anon.

What does not destroy me
makes me strong.
   - Friedrich Nietzsche

The purpose of life
is not to be happy.
The purpose of life
is to matter,
to be productive;
to have it make some difference
that you lived at all.
   - Arthur H. Prince

Contribute!

Be silly.
Be honest.
Be kind.
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rabbit's foot
didn't work for the rabbit...
so, depend on yourself!

The history of things
that didn't happen
has never been written.
   - Henry Kissinger

Positive thinking
is a form of thought,
which habitually looks
for the best results
from the worst conditions.
   - Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)

The young
do not know enough
to be prudent
and therefore
they attempt the impossible
and achieve it,
generation after generation.
   - Pearl Buck

Use your head,
to be sure,
but don't ignore
what your heart
is telling you.

The butterfly
often forgets
it was a caterpillar.
   - Swedish Proverb

If they are happy
then they are successful.
   - the new generation

The way to gain a good reputation
is to endeavor to be
what you desire to appear.
   - Socrates

The best-laid plans
of mice and men
often go awry.
   - Robert Burns

It's always more important
to do a competent thing
in a timely fashion
than it is
to do the best thing
eventually.

What do others with power want?
More power.

You've already made your choice...
Now you want to understand it
and/or validate it.

Choice is an illusion
created between those with power
and those without.

Everything in the world...
whatever is and whatever happens...
is a test, disguised to give you
the freedom of choice.
Choose wisely.
   - Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

The ones doing their jobs
are invisible.
   - every engineer

We simply wait in silence
for the glory to come.

Sometimes
the best thing
we can do
is nothing.

May you live in interesting times.
   - ancient Confucian curse

Just ignore everything they say
and only pay attention to what they do.

In an emergency
put on your oxygen mask first.

It's not the miles but the smiles.

You are not fat...
you are prosperous.

We have met the enemy and they are us!
  - Walt Kelley, "Pogo"

I want to know what's out there...
I want to see it,
whether invited or not.

Better to do
a competent job in a timely fashion
than the best job eventually.

If fate means you to lose,
give him a good fight anyhow.
   - William McFee

There is never a wrong time
to do the right thing.

I am my own foundation.
   - Frantz Fanon (1925-1961)

To change the world, start with
one small act of kindness at a time.

Roll with it.

He who is aware of his folly is wise.
   - Jewish proverb

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
   - George S. Patton

Anyone can give their cast-offs away.
True generosity is giving that which I cherish most.

It's easy to give that which I don't want anymore
but harder to let go of something that I cherish.

Change yourself. You are in control. Forgive and let it go. Without action you aren’t going anywhere. Take care of this moment. Everyone is human. Persist. See the good in people and help them. Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self. Continue to grow and evolve.
   - Mahatma Gandhi

Do what you can,
with what you have,
where you are.
  - Theodore Roosevelt

I am what I am.

Fear, risk and emotion are inseparable...
but try anyway.

 Just because a jackass brays
 does not mean
 that you have to take it to heart.
   - Jeanne Phillips

The grass is not always greener on the other side...
sometimes it's just poison ivy.
  - Jeanne Phillips

Do what you do well.

Take care of yourself.

Detach.

The answer is always with us.

I want to go out
knowing that I've made a few people smile.

Every chance encounter
holds the potential
for kindness, generosity and transformation,
or not...
it's up to us.

In the service of life
sacrifice becomes grace.
   - Albert Einstein

Only a life
lived for others
is worth living.
   - Albert Einstein

When it gets dark
the stars come out.

The child learns self-reliance
separating from its mother.

Parents are the bone
on which children sharpen their teeth.

In solitude alone
can man know true freedom.
   - Montaigne

There is no difference
between surprise and deceit.

I ask to be remembered,
I need to know that I still matter...
that I make a difference.

Plato is dear to me
but dearest still is truth.
Piety requires us to honor truth
above our friends.
   - Aristotle

Nobody forgets what happened...
you just learn to live with it.

Don't let your fears
make your decisions for you.

Security
is knowing
there's more pie left.
   - Charles Schulz

Everybody makes us happy,
some by coming
and some by going.

Tito's cool
Dawn's a fool.
   - Anon

Success is getting what you want,
but Happiness is wanting what you've got.

Learn from the turtle...
it only makes progress
when it sticks out its neck.

It's all right
to sit on your pity pot
every now and again.
Just be sure to flush
when you are done.

A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
It's over, let it go.

The most important things
are the people.

Laugh every day...
it's like inner jogging.

Thank him
who packs your parachute.

Remember to say,
"Thanks for being one of my blessings."

Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.

Be kinder than necessary,
for everyone you meet
is fighting
some kind of battle.
   - Philo of Alexandria

Be kind,
for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle.
   - Plato

If there is any kindness I can show
let me do it now,
as I shall not pass this way again.
   - William Penn

To be in love
you need to feel loved.

I may not be perfect,
but parts of me are pretty awesome!

God isn't thru with me yet.

Vision without action is a dream,
Action without vision is aimless...
Vision with action will achieve.
   - Anonymous

Action without thought is a form of insanity.
Thought without action is a crime.
   - Albert Einstein

There are some things
which cannot be learned quickly,
and time,
which is all we have,
must be paid heavily for their acquiring.
   - Ernest Hemingway in "Death In The Afternoon"

We tend to think of the rational as a higher order,
but it is the emotional that marks our lives.
One often learns more from ten days of agony
than from ten years of contentment.
   - Merle Shain (1935-1989), writer

The wolf
will hire himself out
very cheaply
as a shepherd.
   - Russian Proverb

Always leave the cage door open
so the bird can return.

Happiness is nothing more than
good health and a bad memory.
   - Dr Albert Schweitzer

To be alive at such an age
when miracles are everywhere...
   - Walt Whitman

Actions have consequences.

Kindness is a gift
that doesn't need to be repaid.

Does my thinking help me reach my goals?
If not, modify the thinking!
   - Dave Barnhart

It is wise to remember
that you are one of those
who can be fooled
some of the time.
   - Laurence J. Peter

Any sufficiently advanced technology
is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

Lack of planning on your part
does not necessarily mean
an emergency on my part.
   - Bob Alongi

Preferred
does not necessarily
imply optimal.

No matter what she appears to be,
or what or who she is...
somebody, somewhere,
is tired of putting up with her shit.

Often the difference
between a successful man and a failure
is not one's better abilities or ideas
but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas
to take a calculated risk...
and to act.
  - Maxwell Maltz (1899-1975), Physician and Motivational Speaker

God gives every bird its food
but He does not throw it in the nest.

If you sit by the river long enough
you will see the body of your enemy float by.
  - Japanese Proverb

No bird soars too high
if he soars with his own wings.
  - William Blake

Praise and blame,
gain and loss,
pleasure and sorrow
come and go like the wind.
To be happy,
rest like a giant tree
in the midst of them all.
  - Buddha

Values are like fingerprints.
Nobody's are the same,
but you leave 'em all over everything you do.
  - Elvis Presley

There is one thing alone that stands
the brunt of life throughout its length:
a quiet conscience.
  - Euripides (c. 484-406 B.C.), Dramatist

What the mind of man
can conceive and believe,
the mind of man can achieve.
   - Napoleon Hill

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
   -St. Augustine (354-430)

You have reached the pinnacle of success
as soon as you become uninterested
in money, compliments, or publicity.
   -O. A. Battista, scientist and writer

Life isn't like a box of chocolates...
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today
might burn your ass tomorrow.

People become really quite remarkable
when they start thinking that they can do things.
When they believe in themselves
they have the first secret of success.
   - Norman Vincent Peale

The only service a friend can really render
is to keep up your courage
by holding up to you a mirror
in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
   - George Bernard Shaw

An individual has a healthy personality
to the exact degree
to which they have the propensity
to look for the good in every situation.
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Words can't break bones, but they can break hearts.
   -Roadside Church Signs Across America

Nothing in the world
can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common
than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not;
unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent.
   -President Calvin Coolidge

At every turn, at every second of life, there is always a decision, the opportunity to say yes or no, to smile or stare straight ahead, to connect, or to pass by barely rubbing shoulders. One day we may wake up and wonder why we said no, why we stared ahead, why we passed up the chance, for love or for another life.

What soap is to the body,
tears are to the soul.
   - Yiddish proverb

Love is loving the unlovable,
or it is nothing at all.
   - G.K. Chesterton

Most probably we are in Eden still.
It is only our eyes that have changed.
   -G. K. Chesterton

Life is like a ten-speed bike.
Most of us have gears we never use.
   -Charles M. Schultz

Fortunately,
analysis is not the only way
to resolve inner conflicts.
Life itself remains a very effective therapist.
   -Karen Horney (1885-1952), Psychoanalyst

The hammer shatters glass
but forges steel.
   -Russian Proverb

If I take care of my character,
my reputation will take care of itself.
   -D. L. Moody

Only character endures.

Pain is inevitable,
suffering is optional.
   -M. Kathleen Casey

No bird soars too high
if he soars with his own wings.
   -William Blake

Praise and blame,
gain and loss,
pleasure and sorrow
come and go like the wind.
To be happy,
rest like a giant tree
in the midst of them all.
   -Buddha

Values are like fingerprints.
Nobody's are the same,
but you leave 'em all over everything you do.
   -Elvis Presley

There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its length:
a quiet conscience.
   - Euripides (c. 484-406 B.C.), Dramatist

Hold your head up,
because you have every right to.

Tell yourself that you are a great person,
and believe in yourself,
or no one else will believe in you.

Stand up on your own two feet,
create your own life,
and then live it.

If you take your eyes
off your goals,
all you will see
are the obstacles.

A candle loses nothing
by lighting another.

I believe
the single most significant decision
I can make on a day-to-day basis
is my choice of attitude.
   - Charles R. Swindoll, writer and theologian

Any fact facing us
is not as important
as our attitude toward it,
for that determines our success or failure.
   - Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

You can choose to be in a good mood,
or you can choose to be in a bad mood.
I choose to be in a good mood.
   - Francie Baltazar-Schwartz

There is little difference in people,
but that little difference
makes a big difference.
The little difference is attitude.
The big difference
is whether it is positive or negative.
   - W. Clement Stone

The really great person
is the person who makes every person feel great.
   - G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

So long as there's breath in me,
that long will I persist.
For now I know
one of the greatest principles of success;
if I persist long enough, I will win.
   - Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)

Life without a mission
is a tremendous omission.

Amateurs practice
until they can get it right;
professionals practice
until they can't get it wrong.

Everybody wants to be on a championship team,
but nobody wants to come to practice.
   - Bobby Knight

Never confuse motion with action.
   - Ben Franklin

A candle loses nothing by lighting another.

You can't teach
a pig to sing...
it wastes your time,
and it annoys the pig!

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs
as clothes do against cold.
For if you put on more clothes as cold increases,
it will have no power to hurt you.
So in like manner you must grow in patience
when you meet with great wrongs,
and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.
   - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all
is the kind and gentle spirit.

No one is useless in this world
who lightens the burden of another.
   - Charles Dickens

Outstanding leaders go out of the way
to boost the self-esteem of their personnel.
If people believe in themselves,
it's amazing what they can accomplish.
   - Sam Walton (1918-1992), WalMart

The deeds you do today
may be the only sermon
some people will hear today.
   - St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

The golden opportunity you are seeking
is in yourself.
It is not in your environment.
It is not in luck or chance.
It is not in others.
It is in yourself, alone.
And only in yourself.
   - Orison Swett Marden (1848-1924), Editor, Success magazine

There is no security in life, only opportunity.
   - Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
   - St. Augustine (354-430)

Three things in human life are important:
The first is to be kind.
Second is to be kind.
The third too.
   - Henry James (1843-1916)

We cannot cure the world of sorrows,
but we can choose to live in joy.

Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
It's healthy.
Go to funny movies, not anxious ones.
   - George Carlin

Life is not measured
by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

Life isn't like a box of chocolates,
it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow.

Stay cool, man! Ask yourself:
Will this matter a year from now?
In a week? In a day?
Then shrug your shoulders, smile and relax.

The 6 C's of a Good Marriage:
Communication, Consideration, Compromise,
Courtship, Commitment and Christ.

Essential words for a healthy relationship
are "I'm sorry, you were right."

Think!
Say "silk" five times.
What do cows drink?
Cows drink water, not milk.
Think!

In life you are given two ends,
one to think with and the other to sit on.
Your success in life depends
on which end you use most.

Mind the real objective:
why worry about low tire pressure
when you are out of gas?

Listen to what they say of others
and you will know
what they say of you.
  - Cuban Proverb

When you're over the hill
is when you pick up speed.
  - Charles Schulz

The difficult we do immediately.
The impossible takes a little longer.

Growing old is mandatory
and growing up is optional.

Everyone is an athlete.
But some of us are training,
and some are not.
  - Dr George Sheehan

Give me time enough,
and I may like it.
  - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Words can't break bones,
but they can break hearts.
  - Roadside Church Signs Across America

On a technique for asking a customer for funding, as compared to having to say to a very nice guy that I've done too much free work for him already:
"Which money do you want me to use, Don?"
from Bob Yates

We tend to get what we expect.
  - Norman Vincent Peale

Success without honor
is an unseasoned dish;
it will satisfy your hunger,
but it won't taste good.
  - Joe Paterno, College football coach

You have reached the pinnacle of success
as soon as you become uninterested
in money, compliments, or publicity.
  - O. A. Battista, Scientist and writer

Each of us makes his own weather,
determines the color of the skies
in the emotional universe, which he inhabits.
  - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)

Reflect,
Learn to be silent...
Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
  - Pythagoras (c. 580 - c. 500 B.C.)

Trust, but verify.

In God we trust...
the rest we validate.

If the dream is big enough,
the facts don't count...
Understand the power of a dream!

Ora et labora.
Laborare est orare.
  - Benedictine motto

En los momentos difíciles,
Mantén la mente serena.

Men marry women
hoping they won't change.
Women marry men
hoping THEY will.

All things must change,
and only that which changes remains true.
  - Carl Jung

We cannot
change the wind...
but we CAN
adjust our sails.

Be not afraid of growing slowly...
be afraid of standing still.

It does not matter how slowly you go,
as long as you do not stop.
  - Confucius

God loves me so much that
He lets me make my own changes
at my own time.

Never put a period
where God has put a comma.