AUGUSTE RODIN

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

ANNE FRANK

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

MARK TWAIN

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

St.BASIL

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

ANON

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.

MARCUS AURELIUS

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

VICTOR HUGO

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

MICHAEL KORDA

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

Zen Buddhist Saying

The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon.

ERICA JONG

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

How poor are they that have not patience.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

D.H. LAWRENCE

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.

BUDDHA

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

MARYANNE RADMACHER-HERSHEY

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, “ I'll try again tomorrow.”

ANON

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is that special occasion.

T.S.ELIOT

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

JOAN MILLS

I've gone through life believing in the strength and competence of others, never in my own. Now I discover that my capacities are real - it's like finding a fortune in the lining of an old coat.

from the Dhammapada

Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

WILLIAM ARTHUR

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.

MARK TWAIN

The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.

Spanish Proverb

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

I slept and dreamt that life was Joy,
I woke and saw that life was Duty,
I acted and behold - Duty was Joy.

MAYA ANGELOU

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

STEPHEN COVEY

Begin with the end in mind.

DIOGENES

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Chinese proverb

Even a great feast has a last course

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

RICHARD NELSON BOLLES

One of the saddest lines in the world is - oh come now, be realistic. The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.

ANAIS NIN

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and moulding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

OPRAH WINFREY

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.