Rise to the Occasion!

“Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.”

—Abigail Adams (1744-1818);
U.S. First Lady (1797-1801)

Open Yourself to a World of Possibilities!

“It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.”

—Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997);
marine biologist, diver, explorer

Take Chances!

“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them."

—Unknown

Risk it!

“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."

—James Bryant Conant

Do What You Think You Can't

“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.”

—Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); Television Host, Actress, Philanthopist

Determination

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896-1940); author

Love and Compassion

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”

—Dalai Lama

Remember to Notice the Beautiful!

“A "person" should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of "their" life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful.”

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832); Writer, Polymath

Weed Your Garden

“We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.”

—Dorothy Day
(1897-1980); journalist, social activist

Replant Your Garden!

“We need to support each other. I look at this as replanting your garden so that future generations will have a full bounty of crops."

—Thomas Steyer (1957-) American asset manager, philanthropist and environmentalist

Saints and Sinners

“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”

—Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic

No One's Listening

“Anybody can talk to the dead, it's hearing back that's the problem.”

—Jim Underdown

You Have a Choice

“With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.”

—Oprah Winfrey
(1954-); Television Host, Actress, Philanthopist

Don't Argue!

"Why get into an argument about something that in 30 minutes, what's it gonna matter."

—Karherine Ballantyne