Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.

-Billy Graham

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

-Confucius (submitted by Nikole)

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

-Madeleine L'Engle

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

-Betty Smith

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possiblity.

-Oprah Winfrey

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

-Benjamin Disraeli (submitted by sireneh)

A man with outward courage dares to die. A man with inward courage dares to live.

-Lao-Tzu

Do you know what the greatest test is? Do you still get excited about what you do when you get up in the morning?

-David Halberstam

"A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it's an undo-it-yourself project."

– Abigail Van Buren

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

-James D. Miles

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

-Anne Frank

"There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation."

– Margaret Deland

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

-Mother Teresa


You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.

-Homer Simpson

"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones."

– Phillips Brooks

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

-Lucille Ball

It takes courage to show your dreams to someone else.

-Erma Bombeck

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

-Francois Muriac

Nobody sees a flower, really--it is so small we haven't time, and to see takes time.

-Georgia O'Keefe

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

– Thomas Edison

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

-Booker T. Washington

We can do no great things --only small things with great love.

-Mother Teresa (submitted by Leander72)

Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health. Say you are well, and all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true.

-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox

Kindness is wisdom.

-Philip James Bailey

Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can.

-John Wesley

Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life.

-Kobi Yamada

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Believe those who seek the truth; doubt those who find it.

-Andre Gide

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that is my religion."

– Abraham Lincoln

We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today.

-Sydney Smith







If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don’t, you have achieved half your failure.

-David V.A. Ambrose



Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson (submitted by Jillin2001)

Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

-Dinah Shore

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

-Mohandas Gandhi



"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself