Practice

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it. ”

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007); Writer

Destiny

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882); Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist

Opportunities

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626); English statesman, scientist, author

Elevate Our Children

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.”

John Adams (1735-1826); 2nd U.S. President

Work on YOUR Dreams!

"If you are not working on your own dreams, you are working on the dreams of someone else!"

Edmond Danken Sailer; (1962) Poet, Philosopher

Don't Limit Yourself for Other's Sake

“When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you aren't saying 'no' to yourself.”

Paulo Coelho (born 1947); poet, writer

A Mature Person

“A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962); U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist