Everything has it’s beauty, but not everyone sees it.  ~Confucius

“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts” – Albert Eisnstein

“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle” – Albert Einstein

“When the real music comes to me – “the music of the spheres, the music that surpasseth understanding”-that has nothing to do with me, ’cause I’m just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me, and to transcribe it like a medium….Those moments are what I live for” -John Lennon

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle”-St. Francis de Assisi

“This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man” -William Shakespeare-Hamlet Act I

“Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them”-William Shakespeare- Twelfth Night

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong”-Mahatma Gandhi

“Where there is love, there is life”-Mahatma Gandhi

“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able keep our mind strong and clear” - Buddha

“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present” – Jan Glidewell

“No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens” – Abraham Lincoln

“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happend, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now” – Author Unknown

“Sure God created man before woman.  But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece”  ~Author Unknown

“Ah, women.  They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent”  ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened” – Luke 11:9-1

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none”  ~William Shakespeare

“The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend”  ~Aristotle

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart”  ~Elisabeth Foley

“In my friend, I find a second self”  ~Isabel Norton

“Some people dream of success… while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Anonymous

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller

“Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” – Anonymous

Don’t give up if you get off to a rough start. What matters most is where you end the race , not how you begin.

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Harold R. McAlindon

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. ~Roy Disney

your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. – John Quincy Adams

Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you. – Wil Rose

Success is deciding from the start what end result you want and creating the circumstances to realize that result

Stories are a great way to convey important messages – they inspire and teach at the same time. People forget facts, figures, and theories, but they remember stories. ~Ken Blanchard

Every person has three characters – that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. – Alphonse Karr

“The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.” Fred Dehner

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. Paul Bryant

“The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.” Harold Taylor

“There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.” Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. ~ Charles F. Kettering

We should look at life as if it has no limits – because the true limits are only the ones we set ourselves.

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow …come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all. Buddha

You have to think anyway, so why not think big?

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out. ~ John C. Maxwell

When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily. ~Stephen Covey

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits , for they become your character. Develop your character, for it will become your Destiny!!!!!

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening. ~Larry King

Avoid the trap of assuming that you, alone, have to make every decision you face. It’s not your job to make all the right calls…your job is to make sure all the right calls get made. ~ Eric Harvey

Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours. Swedish Proverb

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” …Babe Ruth

“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold – but so does a hard-boiled egg.” – Anonymous.

It’s up to us to determine our happiness. No one else is in charge. No one else is to blame. No one else gets the credit. Our happiness is tied to our willingness to be responsible for our own moods. That’s a certainty – one of few in this life. ~ Karen Casey

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. ~ Alan Saporta

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do. ~ Elizabeth Smith

Great leadership usually starts with a willing heart, a positive attitude, and a desire to make a difference. ~ Mac Anderson

Quality is never an accident… it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. ~ Will Foster

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~ Conrad Hilton

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized I was somebody. ~ Lily Tomlin

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent van Gogh

Often people do not say all they mean. Develop your listening skills to hear things left unsaid as well as things they share. ~ Chris Clarke-Epstein

Just one person taking action can inspire others to do the same. ~ Leslie C. Aguilar

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. ~ Conrad Hilton

When you practice self-discipline and willpower in the acceptance of responsibility, you take complete control of your thoughts and feelings, and become a more effective, happy and positive person in everything you do. ~ Brian Tracy

Great leadership usually starts with a willing heart, a positive attitude, and a desire to make a difference. ~ Mac Anderson

“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John Wooden

It’s not about what happens. It’s about perspective. I may not be able to change what takes place, but I can always choose to change my thinking. ~ Michelle Sedas

“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” -Henry Ford

“You must have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand.” ~Irene C. Kassorla

“Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t even have to make your subject and verb agree to serve… You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots, the other is wings. ~ Hodding Carter

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy

“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso