HENRY WARD BEECHER

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

DIOGENES

It was a favourite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

ANON

Sow a thought and you reap an action.
Sow an act and you reap a habit.
Sow a habit and you reap a character.
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

[attributed to many sources]

SOCRATES

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

JIM RYUN

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

JAMES EARL JONES

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

Buddhist Saying

Do not speak, unless it improves on silence.

St TERESA of AVILA

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
 

EDWARD R. MURROW

To be persuasive, we must be believable.
To be believable, we must be credible.
To be credible, we must be truthful.
   

Gaelic Saying

Cha bhi fios aire math an tobair gus an tràigh e.
(The value of the well is not known until it goes dry.)

JAMES ALLEN

The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn.

ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS

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 light from within.

Swedish Proverb

Fear less, hope more.
Whine less, breathe more.
Talk less, say more.
Hate less, love more,
And all good things are yours.

BOB HOPE

I have seen what a laugh can do.  It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

DAVID O. McKAY

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best. 

HEDA BEJAR

The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.

PLATO

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

EUGENE O’NEILL

I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame,
I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price of shame,
But I know that I shall find surcease, the rest my spirit craves,
Where the rainbows play in the flying spray,
'Mid the keen salt kiss of the waves.

BUDDHA

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike. Each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

African Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear,
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.

CONFUCIUS

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

The DALAI LAMA

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

GOETHE

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

ANON

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.