Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured-Ann Landers

A smile is contagious; be the carrier.

There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.

Only those who risk going too far will ever know how far they can go.

What we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can’t reread a phone call-Liz Carpenter

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try-Beverly Sills

You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.

Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail- Muriel Strode.

Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money.

You are the only person on this earth who can use your ability. 

Humankind has not woven the web of life.  We are but one thread within it.  Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.  All things connect.

Your talent is God’s gift to you.  What you do with it is your gift back to God. 

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Kindness is wisdom.

Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Let your heart guide you.  It whispers, so listen closely.

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.

Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. 

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. 

If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you’ve made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you.  If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitudes towards them. 

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influences stops.

Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life.  Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.