Here are some quotes I have collected over time, perhaps in the future I will index them, but for now, here they are:

All men are alike in their dreams, and all men are alike in the promises

they make. The difference is what they do."

Moliere (1622-1673)

French Playwright

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My prayer for you is a dream

big enough to capture your heart,

bright enough to illuminate your mind

and deep enough to satisfy your spirit

May you find the strength to pursue it

and be enriched by it across the years.

Author Unknown

"That best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

William Wordsworth, 1770-1850
English Poet

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Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

Mother Teresa

"Come to the edge."

"We can't. We're afraid."

"Come to the edge."

"We can't. We will fall!"

"Come to the edge."

And they came.

And he pushed them.

And they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire  (1880-1918)

French Poet, Philosopher

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For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you never walk alone.

We leave you a tradition of the future. The tender loving care of human

beings will never become obsolete.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived,

reclaimed, redeemed and redeemed and redeemed. Never throw anyone away.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of

your arm.

As you grow older, you'll discover that you have two hands: One for helping

yourself, the second for helping others.

You have great days still ahead of you. May there be many of them.

"Beauty Secrets," as published in a recent Dear Abby column. Believed to be

the poem Audrey Hepburn shared with her family shortly before she died.

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I

would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used

everything you gave me.'"

Erma Bombeck 1927-1996

American author, columnist

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Whatever dreams you're dreaming,

may each one of them come true.

Whatever plans you're making,

may they all work out for you.

And may you have more happiness

than any words can tell.

Not only on this day,

but all the year as well.

May you have a little sunlight

to guide you on your way.

May you discover, little by little,

happiness that's here to stay.

May you grow a little stronger

and a little wiser with each dawn

May you have a little time to

believe in dreams to dream upon.

May all the joy your heart desires

find its way to you.

And may the blessings that

brighten up your days

keep on shining through.

Author Unknown

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"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all

means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890

Artist, born in the Netherlands.

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If I could, I'd comb the sky

and collect the stars,

quickly pile them into a basket

until it overflowed with silvery light.

And then I'd give the basket to you,

because all things precious

and beautiful

should be yours today.

Author Unknown

"If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season

shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?"

Abdu'l-Bah

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Inspiration is a fragile thing...

Just a breeze, touching the green foliage of a city park.

Just a whisper from the soul of a friend.

Just a line of verse clipped from some book.

Inspiration...

Who can say where it is born, and why it leaves us?

Who can tell the reasons for its being or not being?

Only this... I can think inspiration comes from the Heart of Heaven...

To give the lift of wings, and the breath of divine music to those of us

who are earthbound.

Margaret Sangster

"Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful

men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence

and determination alone are omnipotent..."

Calvin Coolidge

American President

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"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life

of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being

shared."

Buddha