Certainty

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. -John Keats

Practice

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration. -Babe Didrikson Zaharias

A Gentle Word

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. -William Hazlitt

Open Eyes

One way to open your eyes is to ask, 'What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?' -Rachel Carson

Don't Wait

Don't wait. The time will never be just right. -Napoleon Hill

Getting Ahead

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. -Sally Berger

The World

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. -Saint Augustine

Willing To Learn

We are not what we know, but what we are willing to learn. -Mary Catherine Bateson

Tonight

Remember tonight... for it is the beginning of always. -Dante Alighieri

Grow Up

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself. -Ethel Barrymore

Ending Up

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. -Douglas Adams

Perseverance

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. -Julie Andrews

Well Adjusted

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. -Alexander Hamilton

Anon

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. -Virginia Woolf

Short Visit

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. -Walter Hagen

Consent

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Imagination

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. -Albert Einstein

Important Things

You cannot have everything in life, but you can have the things that are important to you. -Debora
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Mud and Dream

I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me. -Nikos Kazantzakis

Simple

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. -Amelia Barr

Thought

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. -Sathya Sai Baba

Detour

For every failure, there's an alternative course. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. -Mary Kay Ash

Part of All

I am a part of all that I have met. -Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love and Kindness

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. -Barbara de Angelis

Receive

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it. -Rabindranath Tagore

First-Rate

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. -Judy Garland

Grain of Sand

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe. -Robert W. Service

Seeing Things

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. -Anais Nin

Intelligence

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. -Stephen Hawking

Accept

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are. -Joan Rivers

Experience

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you. -Aldous Huxley