If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year...Today should always be our most wonderful day.

~Thomas Dreier

Your greatness is not what you have, it's what you give

~Unknown

It's called "reading".  It's how people install new software into their brains.

~Unknown

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people

~Socrates

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing

~Walt Disney

Freedom lies in being bold

~Robert Frost

 Once you realize you don't need a special occasion to make a cake, the second part of your life begins

~Unknown

 The trees are about to show us the beauty of letting go.

~unknown

 Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do.

~Unknown

Hindsight is a gift, not a given

~Stephanie Caprini

No great achievement is possible without persistent work

~Bertrand Russell

 No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you can always turn around.

~Unknown

Some stranger somewhere remembers you because you were kind to them.

~Unknown

 There are two types of tired: one that requires rest, and one that requires peace.

~Unknown

Student says: "I am very discouraged.  What should I do?"

Master says: "Encourage others"

~Anonymous

One doesn't have to operate with great malice to do great harm.  The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.

~Charles M. Blow

 Jobs fill your pockets.  Adventures fill your soul.

~Anonymous

Running (or as I like to say, Success) is nothing more than a series of arguments between the part of your brain that wants to stop and the part that wants to keep going.

~Anonymous

Fate whispers to the warrior, "You cannot withstand the storm." 

The warrior whispers back, "I am the storm."

~Anonymous

 The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new

~Socrates

 Stand for what is right even if it means standing alone

~Anonymous

 You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.

~Dr. Brené Brown

 The best use of imagination is creativity.  The worst use of imagination is anxiety.

~Deepak Chopra

A person decides to climb the mountain to see out the old wise individual for advice.  As the person reaches the top of the mountain, the old wise individual stops the person short and calls out, "You have come to me because you have a problem."

"Yes," the person replies quickly.

The old wise one then says, "You have come to me because you have more than 1 problem."

Stunned, the person says, "YES!"

The wise one says, "In fact, you have 83 problems."

The person, now confused, says, "I do?"

"Yes," the wise one replies.  "Everyone has 83 problems."

The person doesn't really know what to say, so the wise one continues, "Everyone has 83 problems.  When you solve one, another takes its place.  You have always had 83 problems, ever since you were young, and you will continue to solve problems and have new ones replace them for the rest of your days."

Now the person thinks this was a waste of time and turns away, dismissing the wise one's saying, heading back toward the path back down the mountain.

The wise one stops the individual.  "But you have one more problem.  And it is the worst of all your problems.  You will never find peace because of it."

"Excuse me?" the person says.

"Yes.  You have an 84th problem.  And it's your biggest one."

"And what is that?" the person asks, exacerbated.

"You believe you shouldn't have 83 problems."

 In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

~Von Goethe

Being successful doesn't necessarily make you great.  What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.

~Joel Osteen

 Look for a way to lift someone up.  And if that's all you do, that's enough.

~Elizabeth Lesser

 The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.

~Unknown