The Story Within

The play is not the words, it’s in you!

~ Stella Adler 

The truth of your story is entirely yours. 

Personal Excellence

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… 

these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

~ Confucius

Personal excellence is the goal for a lifetime. 

See the Light

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark 

except where exposed by the light. 

~ Leonardo da Vinci 

Expose your inner light, so that others may love you. 

Do What You Wish

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’ 

~ Audrey Hepburn 

Seek the right path for you to reach your goals. 

Dare to Live

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; be bold, proclaim it everywhere. 

They only live who dare.

~ Voltaire

Life comes when one is honest. 

To thine own self be true. 

Let It Go

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

~ A.C. Benson 

Fears are not real, let them go. 

Willing Heart

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

~ John Heywood

The love energy essence will keep you moving forward. 

Never ending hope

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity? 

These are but trifles, to be sure; but never lose infinite hope.

~ Martin Luther King Jr. 

Hope springs eternal, like the flowers from the ground. 

Serenity's Garden

A contented mind is the greatest blessing 

a man can enjoy in this world.

~ Joseph Addison 

Take time to enjoy the peace found in quiet places. 

Thoughts of you

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…

I could walk through my garden forever. 

~ Alfred Tennyson

Think lovely thoughts that lift your spirit. 

Meditation

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

~ Voltaire 

Meditate until the calm washes over your whole being. 

Continue On

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 

~ Winston Churchill 

We wake up in the morning and go about our business. 

Simply Happy

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

~ Dalai Lama 

It's that simple: the point is to be happy. 

Express Values

Love is the expression of one’s values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.

~ Ayn Rand

Acknowledge the give and take of love... it isn't free. 

School of knocks

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment…

~ Thomas Huxley 

Hard knocks come by life learning. 

Learn Again

To teach is to learn twice.

~ Joseph Joubert 

New knowledge shared is learned  in the explanation. 

The Process of Learning

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it 

the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

~ Napoleon Hill 

When we learn from our mistakes we grow to a higher level. 

Pluses & Minuses

Everything has positive and negative consequences.

~ Farrah Fawcett 

Two columns,Pluses, Minuses: the decision will be simple. 

Awake!

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

~ Myrna Loy 

Awareness grows with time. 

Thoughtful intent

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

~ Mary Martin 

Thoughtful wishes focus intention. 

What is fun?

Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is 

very necessary to relieve the tension of our time.

~ Hattie McDaniel 

Clean fun is pure joy... you can't help but smile. 

Reignite

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame 

by an encounter with another human being. 

~ Albert Schweitzer 

Enjoy the resurgence of happiness. 

Book Lovers

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy. 

~ Augustine Birrell 

A cloudy day, a good book and a cup of tea... 

Judge it

You must be the best judge of your own happiness. 

~ Jane Austen 

Colour and texture are a part of what makes us happy. 

Where do you search?

To search is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind. 

~ Pearl S Buck 

Search for your bliss. 

Uncomfortable Questions

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. 

~ Anton Chekhov 

There is no better compliment than the questions of curious child. 

The power of creation

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; 

it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. 

~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

What creation have you made today?

Are you on target?

Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. 

~ Arthur Schopenhauer 

What's your target? 

Just because

We love the things we love for what they are. 

~ Robert Frost 

What attracts your eye?