| It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. |
| Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us. |
| Courage - doesnt always roar - sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying - I will try again tomorrow |
| Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? Richard Bach |
| A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. Sydney Smith |
| Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. Emerson |
| If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Thoreau |
| Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower We will grieve not, but rather find Strength in what remains behind. |
| The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. Omar Khayyam |
| Theres a lot of comfort in the thought that sorrow, grief and woe, are sent into our lives sometimes to help our souls grow. Helen Steiner Rice |
| The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis |
| "We have to decide for ourselves what's nourishing to our souls, and do those things over others." Thomas Moore |
| Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. Langston Hughes |
| He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men, and the love of small children; who has filled his niche, and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty , or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others, and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction. Bessie Anderson Stanley |
| Thoughts lead on to purposes, Purposes go forth to actions, Actions form habits, Habits decide character, And character fixes our destiny. Unknown |
| To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. Anne-Sophie Swetchine |
| Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it. James Truslow Adams |
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| God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature -- the urge to love and be loved -- must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross. At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption. E. Stanley Jones |