Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti English poet (1830 - 1894) Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee. The Dhammapada (c. BC 300) Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. Henry Miller US author (1891 - 1980) Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing US abolitionist & clergyman (1780 - 1842) Too much of a good thing is wonderful. Mae West US movie actress (1892 - 1980) Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. Stewart B. Johnson Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. Danny Kaye US actor & singer (1913 - 1987) Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison US inventor (1847 - 1931) We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Longfellow Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Emerson |