No Match

A cloudy day is no match

for a sunny disposition. 

~ William Arthur Ward ~ 

Gratitude

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it

is like wrapping a present and not giving it. 

Little Minds

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune;

but great minds rise above them.

~ Washington Irving ~

Calamities

He who foresees calamities,

suffers them twice over.

~Beilby Porteus ~

Bad Weather

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us;

in joy we face the storm and defy it.

~ Amelia Barr ~

Too Early

It’s always too early to quit. 

~ Norman Vincent Peale ~

Be Grateful

If you don't have all the things you want,

be grateful for all the things

you don't have that you didn't want.

~ Gil Atkinson ~

Truth

Truth will ultimately prevail where
there is pains to bring it to light.
~ George Washington ~

Happy Presidents’ Day

Learn To Listen

There is only one rule for being a good talker -

learn to listen.

~ Christopher Morley ~

Most Alive

We are most alive

when we're in love.

~ John Updike ~ 

Happy Valentine's Day💓

Never Let It Rest

Good, better, best.  Never let it rest.

Til your good is better and your better is best.

~ St. Jerome ~

Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive.

Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~ 

My Own Faults

Like most people, what I find

irritating in others are my own faults. 

~ Jools Holland ~

Education

What sculpture is to a block of marble, 

education is to the soul.

~ Joseph Addison ~

Failure

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,

this time more intelligently. 

~ Henry Ford ~

Imagination

Logic will take you from A to B.

Imagination will take you everywhere. 

~ Albert Einstein ~