“Be always at war with your vices..."

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”

 
~Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, politician, writer, scientist

“You can move through life seeing nothing as a miracle..."

“You can move through life seeing nothing as a miracle, or seeing everything as a miracle.” 

~Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner

“Never get tired of doing little things for others..."

“Never get tired of doing little things for others. Sometimes, those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.”

~Unknown

“The best way to find yourself..."

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” 

~Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian political and spiritual leader

“Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow..."

“Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you.”

 
~T.A. Barron, born 1952, writer

“This is my wish for you..."

“This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays! ”

 
~D. M. Dellinger

“Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul..."

“Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all. ” 

~Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, poet

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things..."

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.”

~Unknown

“Who is the happiest of men?"

“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”


~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, philosopher, scientist, author

"For the unlearned, old age is winter..."

"For the unlearned, old age is winter;
for the learned it is the season of the harvest."

~The Talmud

“Blessed is the season..."

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. ” 

~Hamilton Wright Mabie, 1846-1916, essayist, editor

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

 
~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist

“Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize..."

“Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize. Once hopeless, my life is now hope-full, but it did not happen overnight. The last of human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, is to choose one's own way.”

~Viktor Frankl, 1905-1997, neurologist, psychotherapist

“Happiness comes of the capacity..."

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” 

~Storm Jameson, 1891-1986, author

“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers,,,"

“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.” 

~Bill Moyers, (born 1934), journalist, public commentator

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity..."

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” 

~Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist, poet, playwright and politician.

“The path to our destination is not always a straight one..."

“The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark. ”

~Barbara Hall, born 1961, writer, producer

“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him..."

“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ”

~Unknown

“How paramount the future is to the present..."

“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
 

~Charles Darwin, 1809 -1882, naturalist

“Good, better, best..."

“Good, better, best.
Never let it rest.
Until your good is better and your better is best.”

~Tim Duncan, born 1976), professional basketball player

“The purpose of life is not to be happy..."

“The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, Philosopher- Poet-Author-Essayist