"The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." 


— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Don’t just survive what’s coming at you.  Shape it.”
Gen. Romeo Dallaire

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail."

-- C.A. Beard

“Life loves to taken by the lapel and told: I am with you kid. Let’s go.”

~Maya Angelou

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

-- John F. Kennedy

"They know enough who know how to learn."

~Henry Brooks Adams

"Don't leave it up to someone else -- you're the one who can make a difference."

"It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving."

(Henrietta Mears)

"I am finally beginning to learn how to paint."

(Attributed to Titian -- Tiziano Vecelli, 1485?-1576 -- at age 90, as quoted by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, January 30, 2009, at Davos)

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."

-- Jack London

"Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity."

-- Paul Goodman

"Pa, he always said a man had to look spry for himself, because nobody else would do it for him; your opportunities didn't come knocking around, you had to hunt them up and hog-tie them."

-- Louis L'Amour, author