Live "with" the World

“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ”

Michael Pollan (born 1955); Author, activist

Go, Explore

“Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees. Get out of your comfort zone even if it means being uncomfortable. The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades bumps and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested. And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect nothing is and no one is — and that’s OK.”

Katie Couric (born 1957); American journalist

Get Up!

“No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everyone on the couch.”

                             —Unknown

Change your attitude, Change your Mind

“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.”

William James (1842-1910); psychologist, philosopher, author

Plant your Good Works

“Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

Warren Buffett (born 1930); American businessman, philanthropist

Work Hard

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. ”

Sophia Loren (born 1934); actress

Show your light

“There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.”

Robert Alden