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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.  Fredrick Koeing
 
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.  Marianne Williamson
 
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.  James Matthew Barrie, Author
 
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.  Mark Twain
 
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.  Mother Teresa
 
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.  Albert Pine
 
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.  Charles Dickens
 
Don't ask yourself what the world needs - ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.  Harold Thurman Whitman, Philosopher and Theologian
 
Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.  Gloria Steinem, Author and Journalist
 
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.  Bernie Siegel, MD, Author
 
I don't subscribe to the thesis, 'Let the buyer beware,' I prefer the disregarded one that goes, 'Let the seller be honest.'  Isaac Asimov, Author
 
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.  Walt Disney
 
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.  Donald Kendall
 
Success in life is a matter not so much of talent and opportunity as of concentration and perseverance.  C.W. Wendte
 
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.  Victor Hugo, Author
 
As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big.  Donald Trump
 
The secret of joy is contained in one word -- excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.  Pearl S. Buck, author
 
Sit and daydream,and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.  Longfellow
 
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.  Mary Kay Ash
 
Life is an opportunity,benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
-MotherTeresa-
 
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.  Marcel Proust
 
And that's the way it is.  Walter Cronkite
 
One picture is worth a thousand words.  Chinese Proverb
 
Numberless are the world's wonders, but none more wonderful than man.  Sophocles
 
They may forget what you said - but they will never forget how you made them feel.  Carl W. Buehner
 
A candle looses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.  Author Unknown
 
Where your treasure is there will your heart be also.  Luke 12:34
 
The fruit of silence is prayer.
The fruit of prayer is faith.
The fruit of faith is love.
The fruit of love is service.
The fruit of service is peace.
-Mother Teresa-
 
Life is not measured in number of breaths...but in the moments that take our breath away.  Anonymous
 
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.  George Washington Carver
 
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.  Erica Jong
 
Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.  Colleen C.Barrett
 
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.  Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.  Grace Hansen
 
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.  Elizabeth Kubler Ross
 
You love the life you live, when you live the life you love.  Joyce Chapman
 
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.  Benjamin Franklin
 
You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.  Ethel Barrymore
 
Laughter is the sweetest music that ever greeted the human ear.  Author Unknown
 
Take time to laugh - it is the music of the soul.  Author Unknown
 
One thing is certain - smiles never go up in price or down in value.  Author Unknown
 
Sometimes a smile happens in a flash, but the memory of it can last a lifetime.  Author Unknown
 
A smile is the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart.  Author Unknown
 
Another smile does not make the giver poorer, but it does enrich the receiver.  Author Unknown
 
A smile is a curve that can set a lot of things straight.  Author Unknown
 
A smile is the magic language of diplomacy that even a baby understands.  Author Unknown
 
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.  Yogi Berra
 
Live out of your imagination, not your history.  Stephen Covey
 
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be.  Martha Washington
 
I've seen what a good laugh can do. It can transform tears into hope.  Bob Hope
 
Always do what you want, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.  Dr. Suess
 
Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It's up to us to make them wonderful memories.  Cathy Allen
 
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.  Victor Hugo
 
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.  Colette
 
Love the beautiful...Seek out the true...Wish for the good...and the best do.  Mendelssohn
 
The artist is not there to be one with the world - He is there to transform it.  Anais Nin
 
My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God has made.  Robert Browning
 
He that can have patience can have what he will.  Benjamin Franklin
 
Eighty percent of success is showing up.  Woody Allen
 
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.  Jimi Hendrix
 
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.  Thomas Edison
 
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.  Dalai Lama
 
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.  M.K.Gandhi
 
There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself.  Anthony Rapp
 
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.  John Lennon
 
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.  Albert Einstein
 
Einstein's Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; from discord find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.  Albert Einstein
 
Everything that can be invented has been invented.  Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
 
Happiness is the sense that one matters.  Sarah Trimmer
 
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.  Ralph W. Sockman
 
The world is but a canvas to our imaginations.  Henry Thoreau
 
No act of kindness, however small is ever wasted.  Aesop
 
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.  John L. Motley
 
Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand.  Author Unknown
 
Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.  Mother Theresa
 
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.  George S. Patton
 
If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.  Author Unknown
 
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.  Albert Einstein
 
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life. Instead he gave me life that I might enjoy all things.  Author Unknown
 
If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.  Dolly Parton
 
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.  Vincent Van Gogh
 
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.  M.K. Gandhi
 
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires.  Abigail Van Buren, newspaper columnist
 
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.  Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
We become what we think about all daylong.  Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person's life.  WilliamWordsworth, Poet
 
Nobody gets to live backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.  Ann Landers
 
Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.  Harold Thurman Whitman, Philosopher
 
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.  Danny Kaye
 
Too often we under estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.  Leo Buscaglia
 
There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.  Irving Berlin
 
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.  Mark Twain
 
Be contented when you have got all you want.  Holbrook Jackson
 
Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination.  Roy M.Goodman
 
You can observe a lot just by watching.  Yogi Berra
 
A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
I don't really trust a sane person.  Lyle Alzado
 
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.  Margaret Thatcher
 
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.  Abraham Lincoln

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