the finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race ~ susan st. james
i wanted a perfect ending. now i learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what is going to happen next. delicious ambiguity. ~ gilda radner
most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine. ~ ralph waldo emerson
twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than the ones you did do. so throw off the bowliens. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover. ~ mark twain
without patience we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. ~ maya angelou
time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted time. ~ john lennon
whatever you are, be a good one. ~ abe lincoln
for a long time she only flew when she thought no one else was watching. ~ story people
it's the little things you do that make big things happen. ~ unknown
it isn't where you come from, it's where you're going that counts. ~ ella fitzgerald
be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every year find you a new (wo)man. ~ ben franklin
a longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul. ~ proverbs 13:19
dream lofty dreams. and as you dream, so shall you become. your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be, your idea is the prophesy of what you shall at last unveil. ~ james allen
the only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you left behind. ~ john allston
don't compromise yourself - you're all you've got. ~ janis joplin
and now we welcome the new year - full of things that have never been seen. ~ rilke
when you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. ~ buddha
when nothing goes right, turn left. ~ unknown
the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is a little something "extra". ~ jimmy johnson
don't judge each day by what you harvest but by the seeds you've planted. ~ robert louis stevenson
it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. ~ laura ingalls wilder
courage is to never let your actions be influenced by your fears. ~ arthur koestler
do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~ theodore roosevelt
don't get your knickers in a knot, it never solves anything and you just walk funny. ~ kathryn carpenter
creativity takes courage. ~ matisse
too many over value what they are not and under value what they are. ~ malcolm forbes
we have forty million reasons but not a single excuse. ~ unknown
never mistake kindness for weakness. ~ unknown
if you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worse kind of heart trouble. ~ bob hope
memories are the treasures we keep locked deep within the storehouse of our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely. ~ becky aligada
who by worrying can add a single hour to his(her) life? matthew 6:27
we can only be said to be alive in those moments where our heart is conscious of our treasures. ~ thornton wilder
