"Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far
better than mere giving."
-- Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"The future is no place to place your better days."
- Dave Matthews

"You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor
without having victims."
- Harriet Woods

"Laughter is the language of the Gods."
-- Buddhist saying

"When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy."
-- Samuel Goldwyn

"The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"What you believe will always determine what you achieve."

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth..."
~ Buddha

"The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have
outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes
with a sort of mastery."
-- Janet Erskine Stuart

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
-- Helen Keller

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The height of your accomplishments will equal the depth of your
convictions."
-- William F. Scolavino

"To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle."
> Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

"Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step
would carry us clear through them."
-- Brendan Francis [Behan] (1923-1964)

“Speak your mind, even when your voice shakes.”
-- Maggie Kuhn

“Stop expecting Prince Charming. We must rescue ourselves. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
–- Bella Abzug

“Cowardice asks the question: is it safe?
Expediency asks the question: is it politic?
Vanity asks the question: is it popular?
But conscience asks the question: is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular - but one must take it simply because it is right.”
-- Martin Luther King

"True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess."
-- Louis Nizer (1902-1994)

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in
the small ones."
-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)