John Steinbeck

“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.” 

~ John Steinbeck

Robert Louis Stevenson

Wherever we are, it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else, and whatever we do, however well we do it, it is only a preparation to do something else that shall be different.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Paul Henderson

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

~ Paul Henderson

Kenny Loggins

There is trust in there being a Spirit who loves me and wants me to have love in my life. 

I trust in this higher power, it is what keeps me moving forward no matter what happens.

~ Kenny Loggins

Al Capp

The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else was to be indifferent to that difference. 

~ Al Capp

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I Dream This Day of Wondrous Things,
of Peace and Hope and Pride.
I Dance My Dance with Life Today,

I'm Filled with Love Inside.

~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Thomm Quackenbus

“When I lay down on my deathbed, I want to know that I have done all I could to be a first rate human, not a third rate pawn of the gods.” 

~Thomm Quackenbush,

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Reba McEntire

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.

~ Reba McEntire

Gautama Buddha

“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”

~ Gautama Buddha

Charles Dickens

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.” 

~ Charles Dickens

Groucho Marx

“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”

~ Groucho Marx

Leo Tolstoy

There is only one time that is important - Now!

 It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power.

 - Leo Tolstoy

Joseph Campbell

“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Alice Walker

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul. 

~ Alice Walker

Aldous Huxle

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

~ Aldous Huxle

Anne Lamott

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

Og Mandino

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will neverthe same again. 

~ Og Mandino

Oscar Hammerstein II

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone; you'll never walk alone. 

~ Oscar Hammerstein II

Jim Rohn

I have found in life that if you want a miracle you

first need to do whatever it is you can do – if that’s to plant, then plant; if it is to read, then read; if it is to change, then change; if it is to study, then study; if it is to work, then work; whatever you have to do. And then you will be well on your way of doing the labor that works miracles. 

~ Jim Rohn

Confucius

"Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean." 

~ Confucius

Mary Anne Radmache

I rest in the light of forgiveness.
I forgive myself and others for that
which is done (and better left undone)
and also that which is not done (and better if done).
I give myself permission to enjoy this moment without guilt.

I freely release all uncertainty, regret, and fear.

~ Mary Anne Radmacher

Robert Louis Stevenson

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

John Lennon

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”

~ John Lennon

Elizabeth Taylor

"You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”

~ Elizabeth Taylor

Isaac Asimov

"There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity." 

~ Isaac Asimov