Spirit Day

Honor the spirit of those who came before. 

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition 

from mediocre minds. 

~ Albert Einstein 

Create

Try new things. 

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. 

~ Erich Fromm 

Begin Again

Each day offers new adventures. 

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, 

the zest of creating things new. 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

Find Answers

Elders understand the problems because they've been there. 

Look back, and smile on perils past. 

~ Walter Scott

Get There

Have a goal. 

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. 

~ Earl Nightingale

Joy Bubbles

Joyful sound. 

A day without laughter is a day wasted. 

~ Charlie Chaplin 

Learn to Listen

Listen and Learn. 

Good listeners, like precious gems, are to be treasured. 

~ Walter Anderson 

Action

Each action has consequences. 

Happiness is not something ready made. 

It comes from your own actions. 

~ Dalai Lama 

Better All The Time

Move forward in who you are. 

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 

~ Joseph Addison 

Go Walkin'

Where are you going? 

As people are walking all the time,  

in the same spot, a path appears. 

~ John Locke 

So Be It

Where do you fit in the larger picture? 

How wonderful! How wonderful! 

All things are perfect, exactly as they are. 

~ Gautama Buddha 

Be Real

Real isn't how you are made, said the Skin Horse. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become REAL.

Does it hurt? asked the Rabbit.

Sometimes, said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. When you are real you don't mind being hurt.
Does it happen all at once, like being wound up, he asked, or bit by bit?

It doesn't happen all at once, said the Skin Horse. You become. It takes a long time. That's why id doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, andyour eyes drop out and you get loose in the joists and very shabby. But these things don't matter because once you are Real you can't be ungly, except to people who don't understand.

~ Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

Keep the Dream

Remember who you are. 

The future belongs to those who believe 

in the beauty of their dreams. 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt 

Sooth the Soul

The soul responds to music. 

If the king loves music, there is  little wrong in the land. 

~ Mencius

Simple Happiness

Happiness is pure. 

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. 

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. 

~ Dalai Lama

Inside Job

Personal growth begins inside. 

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. 

~ Plutarch

Dare to Dream

Dream Big. Act Boldly. Accomplish Goals. 

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

~ Robert Kennedy 

Be Passionate

Passion moves us forward on projects and in life. 

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm. 

~ Earl Nightingale 

Daily Action

Do one thing at a time. Do it well. 

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. 

~ Francis of Assisi

Lessons become Wisdom

Learn the lesson. Practice the wisdom. 

It's best to have failure happen early in life. 

It wakes the Phoenix bird in you so you can rise from the ashes. 

~ Anne Baxter 

Along the way

Great joy is found when you're not looking. 

Genius is the talent for seeing things straight. 

~ Maude Adams

Live Outside the Box

If everyone were the same, we'd still live in caves. 

Because you think differently, you're considered disagreeable, and upstage and difficult. An original thinker always has to fight. 

~ Nancy Carroll 

Speak your truth

Experience forms the person we become. 

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, 

not by the desire to beat others. 

~ Ayn Rand

New Things

Be open to try new things. 

The more things you do, the more you can do. 

~ Lucille Ball 

Key to Moving on

Recognizing the present is essential for a clear picture. 

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. 

~ William James

Decision

Make the decision to move in the direction 

of happiness for everyone. 

We all have to live together, 

so we might as well live together happily. 

~ Dalai Lama 

Personal Journal

Keeping a journal helps us know ourselves. 

Good writing is like a windowpane. 

~ George Orwell 

Imrovement

Improve personally every day to become fulfilled. 

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder. 

~Xi Zhi

Productivity

Good work brings a feeling of satisfaction. 

A well-spent day brings happy sleep. 

~ Leonardo da Vinci

Inquiry

Thorough research makes decisions simpler. 

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. 

~ George Bernard Shaw

Live Right

Find the Truth, Live Right, Be Happy. 

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. 

~ Thomas Huxley