"Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

?Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.?
~ Emily Dickinson

"Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting."
~ Elizabeth Bibesco

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
~ K. Chesterton

"Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth." ~ Susan Taylor

"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."
~ Henry Ford

"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."
~ Oren Arnold

"If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record." Jan McKeithen

"Experience is a cruel teacher, it gives the exam first and the lesson second."
~ From the movie Red Tails (2012)

"Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently."
~ William Ward

"The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't." ~ Joseph Mankiewicz

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
~ Benjamin Franklin

"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter." ~ Author Unknown

"The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it." ~ Jeanne Roland

"A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could." ~ Charles Wilson

"Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." ~ Dale Turner

"I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"A rose on time is more valuable than a $1000 gift that?s too late." ~ Jim Rohn

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." ~ Kurt Cobain

"Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it." ~ Charles Swindoll