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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed read more
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. -Alexander Graham Bell.
The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon read more
The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air. thanks to Michele Rousseau -T. Starr King.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is read more
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we read more
Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Thanks to Catherine Doucette -Vaclav Havel.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet read more
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the read more
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle.
There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's read more
There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. -Alan Paton.
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.