MARVA COLLINS

Success doesn’t come to you - you go to it.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

VOLTAIRE

Work banishes those three great evils - boredom, vice and poverty.

GEORGE ELIOT

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage.

16th century saying

Take time while time is, for time will away.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

WILLIAM JAMES

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

MAYA ANGELOU

When you do the best you can, you never know what miracle is wrought in your life, or in the life of another.

Chinese Proverb

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

HAZRAT INAVAT KHAN

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

ROBERT BENCHLEY

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

PLUTARCH

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

GEORGE BURNS

I was always taught to respect my elders and now I’ve reached the age when I don’t have anybody to respect.

E. PHILLPOTS

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

From the Tao Te Ching

I hold and protect three treasures; benevolence, frugality and never trying to be Number One.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

HELEN KELLER

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look at the stars.

THEODORE ISAAC RUBIN

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

JEAN BAPTISTE LACORDAIRE

Life is too short to choose the second best.