I always like to start the new year off with a lot of thinking--thinking about where I am going, and what I am doing with my life. I find that a really good quote helps to focus my thinking, so once again I am posting some of my collection from this past year.
I hope that you will find some of them useful and post them where you and your children can read them. I think them worthy tools for living.
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. Robert M. Pirsig
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. Robert Service
The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor's shoulder is to pat him on the back. Unknown
Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching. George Van Valkenburg
In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, never in want. Irish toast
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. Vincent Van Gogh
It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. Margaret Thatcher
If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Thomas Merton
Friends are like melons. Shall I tell you why? To find a good one, you must a hundred try. Claude Mermet
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs --jolted by every pebble in the road. Henry Ward Beecher
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubenstein
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie
Ultimately, it is through serving others that we become fully human. Marsha Sinetar
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. Will Rogers
Tough times never last, tough people do. Robert Schuller
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