"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to get sharper." -- unknown

"If there is anything you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." -- Goethe

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." -- Kahlil Gibran

"If you're not enjoying the journey, then you probably won't enjoy the destination." -- Joe Tye

"Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference." -- Virginia Satir, social worker

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore." -- Andre Gide (1869-1951)

"Change is not merely necessary to life -- it is life."   -- Alvin Toffler

"Whatever you want to do in life, you are training for it now." --Columbia astronaut Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, speaking to a group of 2nd graders

"Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cause you're really a yawn if it goes." -- Bette Midler

"Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the hell with sugar and spice."        -- Unknown

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." -- Confucius

At various times of life, we find ourselves with a handful of blocks of different sizes and shapes, out of which we can build some aspect of life, and it behooves us to build it as beautifully as we can . . . .  Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and
wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to
listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to
let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony."  -- William Channing

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature,
music - the world is so rich - simply throbbing with rich treasures,
beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself." -- Henry Miller

"He that loves reading has everything within his reach." -- William Godwin

"You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint paradise, then you go in." -- Nikos Kazantzakis

"Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier." -- Charles Kettering

"You can make your crystal ball say whatever you want it to." -- Cynthia Lewis

"Art is a lie that enables us to see the truth." -- Pablo Picasso

If life gives us rocks, it's our choice whether to build a bridge or a wall. 
                                                                                      -- Unknown

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

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming."  -- Goethe

"She said she cried at least once each day, not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short."                        -- Unknown

"The last time my mother was upset with me before her death was when she saw me talking with my children and opening my mail at the same time. She despised multitasking. She believed it was a way to miss life, to miss the gifts that come only when you give 100 percent of yourself to a task, a relationship or a moment... My mother used to say that the goal of life isn't to see what we can make of it but what it can make of us." (From an essay in The Dallas Morning News)

"A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner." -- English proverb

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." -- unknown

"A drop of ink may make a million think." -- Lord Byron

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places." -- Mark Twain

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive." -- Anaiis Nin

"Writers will happen in the best of families." -- Rita Mae Brown