HELEN ROWLAND

Life begins at 40, but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight and the tendency to tell a story to the same person three or four times.

ANON

That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

WILLIAM FEATHER

Success seems to be largely a matter
of hanging on after others have let go.

CONFUCIUS

With only plain rice to eat, with only water to drink and with only an arm for a pillow, I am still content.

CHARLES KINGSLEY

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity.

Chinese Proverb

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

AGATHA CHRISTIE

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

MAHATMA GANDHI

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.

HENRY JAMES

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

ALBERT CAMUS

Don't walk in front of me - I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me - I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend.

H.JACKSON BROWN Jr.

People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

MITCH HEDBERG

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

ANON

One can value a house to the last penny, but none can value a home.

ANNE FRANK

How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

MARK TWAIN

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Italian saying

The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

EVAN ESAR

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.

CONFUCIUS

When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

THOMAS MERTON

One person can make a difference, and every person must try.

KATHERINE HEPBURN

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

ANON

Some time in the future you will be more disappointed by the things you didn‘t do than by the ones you did.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are - something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

OSCAR WILDE

Some people cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Twelfth Night)

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

STEPHEN LEACOCK

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

AUSONIUS

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak

ANON

The plough goes not well if the ploughman holds it not