"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be".

Robert Fulghum

You may only be someone in the world, but to someone else, you may be the world.

Unknown

"Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet"

French Proverb

"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."

-- William Bernbach, ad executive

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything

Malcolm X

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you, we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

Charles R. Swindoll quotes (American Writer and Clergyman, b.1934)

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds".

Francis Bacon

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
-Anonymous

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else”

WC

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates,


Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell

"You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward."

A leopard cannot change its spots

“I think sometimes she overdoes it. She obsessively wants to do a few (jumps) too many.”

Joanne McLeod

Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.

John B. Sheerin

"The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation."

-- William Shakespeare, playwright

"The future doesn't just happen--it's shaped by decisions."

Paul Tagliabue
(1940 - )
NFL commissioner

"I love mankind - it's people I can't stand." - Charles M. Schulz

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."

Benjamin Disraeli
(1804-1881)
British Prime Minister

“Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief”

Buddha

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Solomon Ibn Gabriol

"A good marriage is when you're married not to someone you can live with, but to someone you really cannot live without."

-- Dr. Howard Hendricks

"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
American statesman, scientist & printer

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
So smile.

Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977

"Your goal should be out of reach, but not out of sight."

-- Anita DeFrantz, Olympic rower

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Mohandas Gandhi

"Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do
not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek
in it the ideals of the future."

-- Jose Incenerios

"Don't overlook the opportunity to achieve something, don't be nervous, don't hold back, give it all that you've got, because the moment may never come again."

Venus Williams
(1980 - )
American professional tennis
player 5-time Wimbledon champion

"It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class."

-- J. Willard Marriott Sr., hotel executive

live and let live

"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
(1835-1910)
American humorist and writer

"If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way."

Dr. Jane Goodall
(1934 - )
British primatologist