Life is the first gift.
Love is the second.
Understanding the third. Marge Piercy

You are younger today than you ever will be again.
Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow. Anon

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain

If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift. Frank Tyger

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful. Edward L. Curtis

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are. Thomas Dreier