"If you're not trying to make something better, as far as I can tell, you're just in the way." Ani DiFranco
"It's not what you look at that matters, but what you see." Henry David Thoreau
I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. Unknown
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. --Sally Field
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." ~ James Bryant Conant
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
While we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another one. Jorge Luis Borges
"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot... and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that's precisely why I succeed." Michael Jordan
“Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” John Wayne
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves. Thomas Edison
“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.” Doris Mortman
When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Washington Irving
A year from now, you may wish you had started now. Leona’s
Hindsight is 20/20, but foresight is about 50/50. Ms. Scherry
When you arrive at a dead end, it’s time to travel in a new direction. Ms. Scherry
Sharing what you have is more important than what you have." Albert M. Wells, Jr.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. Bob Dylan
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. Helen Hayes (at 73)-
Old age ain't no place for sissies. Bette Davis
Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the windows. Jennifer Unlimited
If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. Catherine
Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. M. C. Escher
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. Zora Neale Hurston
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. Marcus Aurelius
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. Plutarch
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know.
Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast.
There was a time when you didn't know what you know today. Malcolm X
All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They. Rudyard Kipling
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates
“’I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute,' said the student. 'So is the hydrogen bomb,' I replied. 'But think of the damage it produces!'" George Sweeting