"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness..."

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years."

~Bertrand Russell

"Are we all born with innate self-esteem that erodes over time or..."

"Are we all born with innate self-esteem that erodes over time or is self-esteem something we were supposed to pick up along the way?"

~Oprah Winfrey


"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..."
Jeremiah 1:5a

"There is no chance, no fate, no destiny, that can circumvent, hinder, nor control..."

"There is no chance, no fate, no destiny, 

that can circumvent, hinder, nor control, 

the firm resolve of a determined soul."

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Fill each day with life and heart...

“Fill each day with life and heart. 

There is no pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good person takes in doing good.”

~John Tilloston, 1630-1694, Archbishop of Canterbury

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life..."

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: 

It goes on.”

~Robert Frost, 1874-1963, poet

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

~Rosa Parks, 1913-2005, civil rights activist

"The future belongs to those who believe in..."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

"The farther behind I leave the past..."

"The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character."

~Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author, 1877-1904

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Matthew 6:14-15

"Wherever your faith is..."

"Wherever your faith is there is your future."

~Nathaniel Bronner

"For even a snail does the will of God, albeit slowly."

"For even a snail does the will of God, albeit slowly."

~Unknown

 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse."

Romans 1:20

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do..."

"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do,

but how we behave when we don't know what to do."

~John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter, born 1947

“You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail..."

“You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail.
Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.”

~Les Brown, motivational speaker

“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you..."

“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. 

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”

~Roald Dahl, 1916-1990, British novelist

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before..."

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

~Anne Frank

"No one has a finer command of language than the person who..."

"No one has a finer command of language than the person who knows when to keep his mouth shut."

~Sam Rayburn, American politician,1882-1961

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires..."

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

~Lao-Tse, Chinese philosopher, 604 B.C. - 531 B.C.

"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal..."

"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their job."

~Malcolm Forbes

"Life has got a habit of not standing hitched..."

"Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. 

You got to ride it like you find it. 

You got to change with it. 

If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow."

- Woodie Guthrie

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do..."

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.

Try to be better than yourself.”

~William Faulkner, 1897-1962, novelist, Nobel Prize winner

“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty..."

“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others.
And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.”

~Etty Hillesum, 1914-1943, Dutch writer, Holocaust victim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etty_Hillesum

“When we do face the difficult times, we need to remember...”

“When we do face the difficult times, we need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person.”

~Emma Jameson

"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."

"Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."

~Henry David Thoreau

"There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life..."

There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life:
1. Not finishing
2. Not starting.

~attributed to the the Buddha

"We don't always know what makes us happy..."

"We don't always know what makes us happy.
We know, instead, what we think SHOULD.
We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...
We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents.
The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations.
The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart."

~Julia Cameron

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living..."

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. 

...I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing." 

~Oriah Mountain Dreamer

"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself..."

"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"

~Rob Bremer

"Beliefs separate..."

"Beliefs separate.
Loving thoughts unite."

~Paul Ferrini

"If you do not see great riches in your imagination..."

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.

~Napoleon Hill

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Mark 11:24

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matthew 21:22

"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed..."

"I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

~Albert Einstein

“If you want trust..."

“If you want trust, trust others.
If you want respect, respect others.
If you want help, help others.
If you want love and peace in your life, give them away.
If you want great friends, be one.

That’s how it works.”

-Dan Zadra, Businessman, inspirational writer


"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
Matthew 6:12