There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle or the mirror
that reflects it.
Edith Wharton Versalius in Zante
There are no mistakes, no coincidences.
All events are blessings
given to us to learn from.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Never fear shadows.
They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.
Ruth E. Renkel
Give generously,
for your gifts will return to you later.
Ecclesiastes 11:1 TLB
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
You can't turn back the clock.
But you can wind it up again.
Bonnie Pruden
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Lauren Bacall
To be successful, the first thing to do
is fall in love with your work.
Sister Mary Lauretta
I am a one-of-a-kind work of art,
unlike anyone else who has ever lived
or ever will.
Kathy Peel
No pessimist ever discovered
the secrets of the stars,
or sailed to an uncharted land...
Helen Keller
One can never consent to creep
when one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Keller
Integrity pays.
Integrity opens doors
because people learn to trust you.
Pam Farrel
We create our fate every day we live.
Henry Miller
What a wonderful life I've had!
I only wished I'd realized it sooner.
Colette
Don't fret about copping life's grand awards.
Enjoy it's tiny delights.
Unknown
Kindness is a hard thing to give away.
It keeps coming back to the giver.
Unknown
The true measure of success in life
isn't money, fame or power.
It's laugh lines.
unknown
Consider this-many times people
on the other side of the fence
are admiring how green your grass is!
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Perhaps what moves us in winter is some reminiscence of far-off summer.
Henry David Thoreau
It is never to late to be
what you might have been.
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Shoot for the moon,
Even if you miss you'll end up among the stars!
Enjoy yourself! These are 'the good old days' you're going to miss in the years ahead.
I think of life itself now as a wonderful play I've written for myself...and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.
Shirley Maclaine
Have fun! Misery is optional.
Jean Westcott
All nature wears one universal grin.
Henry Fielding
Do you prefer to be right or be happy?
A Course in Miracles
Happiness sneaks in through a door
you didn't know you left open.
Anonymous
There is only one way to happiness
and that is to cease worring about things
which are beyound the power of our will.
Epictetus
May all beings be happy.
Zen saying
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Hope springs eternal.
Alexander Pope
If it were not for hope the heart would break.
Anonymous
Jest for the health of it!
Patty Wooten
Even the gods love jokes.
Plato
Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine.
William Blake
Life itself cannot give you joy
Unless you really will it.
Life just gives you time and space-
It's up to you to fill it.
Chinese proverb
I wake up laughing.
Yes, I wake up in the morning,
and there I am laughing my head off.
Bruce Willis
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Victor Borge
If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.
Erma Bombeck
A great pleasure in life
is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagebot
A laugh is a smile that bursts.
Mary H. Waldrip
In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie Chaplin
