Riding a Bicycle

Life is like riding a bicycle. 

 To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

~ Albert Einstein ~

Patriotic

The first time I realized I was patriotic

was after September 11th.

~ Claire Danes ~

We Remember

Joy

Find a place inside where there's joy,

and the joy will burn out the pain.

~ Joseph Campbell ~

Marriage

Marriage is about the most expensive way

for the average man to get laundry done.

~ Burt Reynolds ~

R.I.P.

Our Destiny

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny

but in ourselves.

~ William Shakespeare ~

The Future

The best thing about the future is that

it comes only one day at a time.

~ Abraham Lincoln ~

School

Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree.

It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
~ Shakuntala Devi ~

Best wishes to all students for a successful school year.

Labor Day

Each year, Labor Day gives us the opportunity to recognize

the invaluable contributions that working men and women

make to our nation, our economy and our collective prosperity.

It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers' grit, dedication,

ingenuity, and strength, which define our nation's character.

~ Thomas E. Perez ~

Happy Labor Day!

Your Own Artist

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you are doing.

If you are not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

~ Aretha Franklin ~

A Prisoner

I fell in love with my country

when I was a prisoner in someone else's.

~ John McCain ~

Risks

If no one ever took risks,

Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

~ Neil Simon ~

R.I. P.

Putting It Off

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard,

and putting off a hard one makes it impossible.

~ George H. Lorimer ~

Our Differences

But we should be mindful as we argue about our differences

that so much more unites than divides us.

We should also note that our differences,

when compared with those in many,

if not most, other countries,

are smaller than we sometimes imagine them to be.

~ John McCain ~

R.I.P.

Time

Time flies: but remember

 you are the navigator.

Fly Away

When wings are grown,

birds and children fly away.

~ Chinese Proverb ~

Good Laughs

We are all here for a spell;

get all the good laughs you can.

~ Will Rogers ~

Music

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people.

It's transporting, for sure.

It can take you right back, years back,

to the very moment certain things happened in your life.

It's uplifting, it's encouraging, it's strengthening.

~ Aretha Franklin ~

R.I.P.

See the Good Points

It is healthier to see the good points of others

than to analyze our own bad ones.

~ Francoise Sagan ~

No More Blame

You can no more blame your circumstance for your character

than you can the mirror for your looks.

Act

Act the way you'd like to be

 and soon you'll be the way you act.

~ Dr. George W. Crane ~

Compliments

Compliments cost nothing, yet there

are those around us who would do

anything to be praised for something.

Compassion

If you want others to be happy,

practice compassion.  If you want

to be happy, practice compassion.

~ Dalai Lama ~

It's Sad

It's sad when someone you know

becomes someone you knew.

~ Henry Rollins ~

Dear Old Friends

Remember that the most valuable antiques

are dear old friends.

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ~

Getting Older

The good part about getting older is 

you stop trying to prove anything to anyone,

including yourself.  All you are in the pursuit of 

is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles

that you store in your heart, and every once in a while

you pull one out and gaze at the delicate pictures it shows you.

~ Twinkle Khanna ~