Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

- Anaïs Nin

If you took no more care of yourself physically than spiritually....

"If you took no more care of yourself physically than spiritually, you'd be just as dried up physically as you are spiritually."
- Billy Sunday

Unto you is born this day a Savior which is Christ the Lord...

And the angel said unto them:  "Fear not: 'Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people, Unto you is born this day a Savior which is Christ the Lord."
   - Luke 2:11

Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap!

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be.
Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Fear is the path to the dark side.....

"Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering."
- Yoda

"Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something."

"Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something."
    - Louise L. Hay 

Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life.

Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life.

First say to yourself what you would be...

"First say to yourself what you would be;
then do what you have to do."
- Epictetus

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things...

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

- Walt Disney

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself.

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness
is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."
- Martha Washington

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
- Anaïs Nin

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out...

"It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out;
it's the grain of sand in your shoe."
- Robert W. Service

Start living now.

Start living now.
Stop saving the good china for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey

“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.”

“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.”
   - Dwight L. Moody

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Great people are those who make others feel....

"Great people are those who make others feel
that they, too, can become great."
- Mark Twain

God grant me the serenity....

"God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference."
   - Reinhold Niebuhr

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Carpe Diem! (Seize the day)

Carpe Diem! (Seize the day)
- ancient Roman proverb

"Do or do not, there is no try."

"Do or do not, there is no try."
   - Jedi Master Yoda

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
    - Judy Garland

"If you want to be happy,

"If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind."
- Anonymous

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
     - Mark Twain

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,
it only saps today of its joy.
- Leo Buscaglia

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars."
- Rabindranath Tagore

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
– Elmer Davis

"If you don't like something, change it, If you can't change it, change your attitude" - Maya Angelou

"If you don't like something, change it, If you can't change it, change your attitude" - Maya Angelou

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
- Dereke Bruce

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." 
    - Zig Ziglar

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”

  - Billy Sunday

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear,
do not sit home and think about it.
Go out and get busy....
- Dale Carnegie

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed....

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
 by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
 So throw off the bowlines.
 Sail away from the safe harbor.
 Catch the trade winds in your sails.
 Explore. Dream. Discover.
   - Mark Twain

"Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want.
It is the belief that God will do what is right."
- Max Lucado

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."
- John F. Kennedy

Love is saying "I feel differently," instead of "You're wrong."

Love is saying "I feel differently," instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous

We are what we believe we are.

  - C. S. Lewis

"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

  - Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt

Touch those things and make them bloom...

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
  - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Every wall is a door."

"Every wall is a door."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
- Winston Churchill

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
- C. S. Lewis

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
'What are you doing for others?'
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are only two ways to live your life....

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
   - Albert Einstein

"As we light a path for others,
we naturally light our own way."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

What we think, we become.

All that we are arises with our thoughts.

With our thoughts, we make the world.

- The Buddha

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
- Anaïs Nin

"The perfect church service,would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God."
  – C.S. Lewis

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
- Mark Twain

"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless when facing them."
- Rabindranath Tagore

Hypocrites in the Church?

"Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less."
    - Billy Sunday

"Never mind what others do;
do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day,
and you are a success."
- William J. H. Boetcker

"If I try to be like him, who will be like me?"

"If I try to be like him, who will be like me?"

   - Yiddish proverb

"Create your future from your future not your past."
- Werner Erhard

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap."

   - Mary Anne Radmacher

"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
- Nelson Mandela

"Life may not be the party we hoped for,

but while we are here we might as well dance."

  - Anonymous

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less."
   - Rick Warren

"The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence."

- Walt Disney

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
    - Mark Twain

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
- C. S. Lewis

"Take time to laugh.

It is the music of the soul.

Take time to think.

It is the source of power.

Take time to play.

It is the source of perpetual youth.

Take time to read.

It is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to pray.

It is the greatest power on Earth.

Take time to love and be loved.

It is a God-given privilege.

Take time to be friendly.

It is the road to happiness.

Take time to give.

It is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to work.

It is the price of success."

- Anonymous

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.
 Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
   - Margaret Mead

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."   - Zig Ziglar

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover."
   - Mark Twain

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
 - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

- Dale Carnegie

"There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things."

- DL Moody

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."
- Rabindranath Tagore

"We must become the change we wish to see in the world."
   - Mohandas Gandhi

Love is saying "I feel differently," instead of "You're wrong."
  - Anonymous 

Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day, saying,
"I will try again tomorrow."
  - Mary Anne Radmacher

"Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy."
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Your example is far more influential and inspiring
 than any words of instruction, or threats,
 or even words of encouragement."
  - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Security is mostly a superstition.
 It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
 Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
 Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
   - Helen Keller

We are told to let our light shine...

"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine." 
  - D. L. Moody 

"The inherent nature of life is constant change.
To fear change is to fear life itself."
    - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. - Zig Ziglar

- Note from me....Try this today: Look in the mirror and say, "I am a winner". You would be suprised how many can not do this. 

You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
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"You don't have the power to make life "fair," but you do have the power to make life joyful."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"
   - Mark Twain 

"I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet."
- old Persian Proverb

"The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one."
- Elbert Hubbard

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
  - Winston Churchill

We are told to let our light shine...

"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine."
- Dwight L Moody

"Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning"
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
  - George Bernard Shaw

"You don't need a reason to be happy, just a choice."
  - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"God grant me the serenity
 To accept the things I cannot change;
 Courage to change the things I can;
 And wisdom to know the difference."
  - Reinhold Niebuhr 

"We tell the real truth of our life by the stories we repeatedly tell."
  - Mary Anne Radmacher

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
- Peter F. Drucker

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis

"If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind."
- Anonymous

"The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach."
  - Benjamin Mays 

"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance,
everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
- Dereke Bruce

"It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
 - William Shakespeare 

"Great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great."
  -  Mark Twain 

"All our dreams can come true,
if we have the courage to pursue them."
- Walt Disney

July 4, 1776 – marks the birth of the United States of America

 - The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."  

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today."
  - Thomas Jefferson 

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way."
- Babe Ruth

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
    - Zig Ziglar 

"Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn't have the power to say Yes."
  - Eleanor Roosevelt

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
   - George Bernard Shaw

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
- Elbert Hubbard

"To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."
- Elbert Hubbard

"The smallest act of kindness
is worth more than the grandest intention."
- Oscar Wilde

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years"
- Mark Twain

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals."
  - Henry Ford

"Life is defined more by its risks than by its samenesses."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Let today be the day that you choose to become your own greatest Hero."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie 

"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
  - John Lennon

"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again,
but expecting different results."
- Einstein

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."
- Aristotle

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself,
it's thinking of yourself less."
  - Rick Warren

"I am not afraid of storms...
for I am learning how to sail my ship."
- Louisa May Alcott

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Confucius

"Consistent happiness is found through
living in a state of constant gratitude."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be. Because of all I may become, I will close my eyes and leap."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. 
 It is the belief that God will do what is right."  
 - Max Lucado 

"You can have anything you want in life if you
just help enough other people get what they want."
- Zig Ziglar

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
- Zig Ziglar

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
- Albert Einstein

"People are just as happy
as they make up their minds to be."
- Abraham Lincoln

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak....

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
- Winston Churchill

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
 It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
 - Mark Twain  

"Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me." - Dwight L. Moody

"Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me." - Dwight L. Moody

Know that joy is a choice, but it isn't an easy choice.

"Know that joy is a choice, but it isn't an easy choice."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What are you doing for others?

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

What we think, we become.

"What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world."
  - The Buddha

God grant me the serenity....

"God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference."
- Reinhold Niebuhr

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, was formerly known as Decoration Day and originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the war. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service.

"Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right."

"Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right."
- Henry Ford

"To change who you are, change who you think you are."
   - Jonathan Lockwood Huie 

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
- Anaïs Nin

"Our lives are defined not by the challenges we encounter,
but by how we respond to those challenges."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You don't need a reason to be happy, just a choice.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"What you are is God's gift to you:
what you become is your gift to god."
- Anthony Dalla Villa

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."
 - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

"Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
- Albert Schweitzer

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."
- Zig Ziglar

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JeffBallMaine: "It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it...: "It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so." - William Shakespeare

"It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
- William Shakespeare

"Great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
- Christopher Reeve

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
- Mark Twain

"Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes."
 - E. F. Schumacher

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
-Thich Nhat Hanh

Count Your Blessings.
- Og Mandino

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb

"There is no passion to be found playing small -
in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
  - Nelson Mandela

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."
- Raymond Lindquist

"We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights,
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
- Thomas Jefferson [Declaration of Independence, and inscribed in the Jefferson Memorial]

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- Winston Churchill

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow 

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein 

"Let today be a day to have gratitude for our family."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn't have the power to say Yes.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."
- Arthur Ashe

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
  - Anonymous

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done."
- Bo Bennett

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,
because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
  - Walt Disney

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

Courage doesn't always roar...

Courage doesn't always roar.
 Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
 at the end of the day saying,
 "I will try again tomorrow."
 - Mary Anne Radmacher

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Confucius

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth

He is risen; He is risen, indeed.
Happy Easter!

Even the darkest night will end and The sun will rise
- Happy Good Friday

"The inherent nature of life is constant change.
To fear change is to fear life itself."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts."
 - The Buddha

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden

"Consistent happiness is found through
living in a state of constant gratitude."
  - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
 by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
 So throw off the bowlines.
 Sail away from the safe harbor.
 Catch the trade winds in your sails.
 Explore. Dream. Discover."
 - Mark Twain

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
 instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
  - Judy Garland 

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."
- Martha Washington

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."
- Bernard Williams 

"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers
 but to be fearless when facing them."
   - Rabindranath Tagore

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."
- Raymond Lindquist

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.
- Zig Ziglar

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
- Oscar Wilde

"When God closes a door, he opens a window."
- Anonymous

"The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one."
- Elbert Hubbard

"As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
- Luke 6:31 (the "Golden Rule")

Today Is The Very First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life!

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
   - Albert Einstein

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TONIGHT!  KEY BANK, 25 Market St., South Portland   A fun catered networking event open to the public, with DJ, door prizes, free food, cash bar, vendors, 50/50 for local community outreach, and some of the best networking around! Promote your business or organization... table vendor spots and sponsorship opportunities available. Make 100 new friends! (No... you do not have to have a business to attend... ALL welcome!).   Doors open 5pm

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling....

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall."
     - Nelson Mandela

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
 - Lao Tzu

What you are is God's gift to you....

"What you are is God's gift to you:
what you become is your gift to god."
    - Anthony Dalla Villa

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream...

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
- C. S. Lewis

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.....

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.   Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." 
   - Mark Twain  

Seek first to understand...

"Seek first to understand,
then to be understood."
- Stephen Covey

There are only two ways to live your life......

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein 

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
   - Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
  - Aristotle

Never allow a person to tell you No.....

"Never allow a person to tell you No who doesn't have the power to say Yes."
   - Eleanor Roosevelt

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.
- Rick Warren

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile....

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
  - Thich Nhat Hanh

Angry and happy don't mix....

Angry and happy don't mix.
Flush out the angry,
and the happy has a place to put down roots.
    - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change your thoughts, change your life.

Change your thoughts, change your life.
- James Allen

Happiness is more a state of health than of wealth...

"Happiness is more a state of health than of wealth."
- Frank Tyger

Always be a first-rate version of yourself....

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland

"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." 
- Rabindranath Tagore

Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority...

"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect."
   - Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed....

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
  - Mark Twain

Happiness is a choice....

"Happiness is a choice."
- Anonymous


Most the time... it really is just that simple.

Feeling sorry for yourself...

"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have."
- Dale Carnegie

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants...

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants.
The question is: What are we busy about?
- Henry David Thoreau

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience...

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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If you are patient in one moment of anger...

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

Resilience is about believing in yourself....

"Resilience is about believing in yourself,
and trusting your own wisdom rather than
being swayed by the opinions of others."
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie