Restoration

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. -Sam Levenson

Sparks of Possibility

"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."

~ Golda Meir

Don't Let the World Make You Hard

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. ~ Max Ehrmann (Desiderata)

Pencil

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ~ Robert Brault

Birthday Cake

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.  ~George Harrison

Conflict

Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you’re part of the problem, not the solution. 
~ Dr Wayne Dyer

Internal Disharmony

We exhaust ourselves far more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony - not doing what we feel we should - than from hard, unremitting work. ~Stephen Covey

Age Wrinkles the body

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul. ~ Douglas MacArthur

A Thousand Words

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. 
~ Henrik Ibsen

Moments

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away. - Shing Xiong

A Year From Now...

A year from now you may wish you had started today.
 ~  Unknown Author

Let Your Mind Be Quiet

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.  ~ Edward Carpenter

Always Flowers

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. - Henri Matisse

All That You Touch

All that you touch you Change, All that you Change, Changes you.  ~ Octavia Butler

Together We Can Do Great Things

I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.  ~ Mother Teresa

Present Happiness

Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are so that you can finally be happy? The truth is that all unhappiness is caused by denial of the present.   ~ Robert Anthony