“The mustard seed
is the smallest of all seeds,
yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree.

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, nothing will be impossible for you.”
(Matthew 13:31, 13:32, 17:20)

“Through wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding, it is established;
By knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.”
(Proverb 24:3, 24:4)

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."     (Helen Keller)

"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. 

The road to success is not straight.  There is a curve called Failure, a loop
called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Graves,
caution lights called Family.  You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you
have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance
called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called
Success."  (Author Unknown.  Emailed to Annie by Ralph "Worm in the Woodwork")   

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
(Jimi Hendrix)

"We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less."  (Diogenes Laertius)

"Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."  (George Sala)

"Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while."  (Kin Hubbard)

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."
(Anthony Robbins)

"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."    (Tom Stoppard)

"We're living proof that nice guys always finish last."   (Matthew Cooper)

"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions.  Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great."  (Mark Twain)

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."   (Albert Einstein)

"The world is dangerous not because of those who do harm, but because of those who look at it without doing anything."  (Albert Einstein)

"Most people love you for who you pretend to be ... To keep their love, you keep pretending--performing. You get to love your pretense ... It's true, we're locked in an image, an act. And, the sad thing is, people get so used to their image--they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And, if you try to remind them, they hate you for it. They feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession."  
(James Douglas Morrison, lead singer of The Doors)

"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."   (Pope John XXIII)

"Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear."   (G. Gordon Liddy)

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."  
(Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882 - 1945, 32nd U.S. President)

"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."  (Napoleon Bonaparte)

"Conform and be dull."   (J. Frank Doble)

"I don't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."  
(John Cage)

"Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world's ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And in the total of all those acts will be written the history of a generation."  
(Robert Francis Kennedy, 1925-68)

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible."   (Walt Disney)

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."   (African Proverb)

"Things are never so bad they can't be made worse."   (Humphrey Bogart)

"Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity."   (Albert Einstein)

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast."   (Alfred A. Montapert)

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the innermost strength of the heart is developed."   (Vincent Van Gogh)

“The winner is always a part of the answer. The loser is always a part of the problem.” (Anonymous)

Justice delayed is democracy denied.   (Robert F. Kennedy 1964)

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
(Martin Luther King Jr. 1929 - 1968, Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963)

"There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to doing something, you accept no excuses; only results."   (Kenneth Blanchard)

"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it."   (Bill Cosby)

"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to something until you get there."   (Josh Billings)

"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."   (John Mason)

"Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts."   (Nikki Giovanni)

"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."   (Indira Gandhi)

"The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan.  The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself, and he wants others to be themselves, also.  (Elbert Hubbard 1856 - 1915)

"Trust your instincts. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's."
(Billy Wilder, Producer)

"People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend."
(Walter Savage Landor)

"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them."   (Aristotle)

"Be somebody who makes things happen. How? In the words of a famous shoe manufacturer:" "Just do it!"   (Glenn Van Ekeren)

"An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger."    (Dan Rather)

"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better."   (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

"Music speaks for us when words can’t articulate our thoughts.”   (Kim Michele LaCoste)

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."  
(Aldous Huxley)

"One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain."   (Bob Marley)

"Without music, life would be a mistake."   (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche)

"All grown-ups were once children, though few of them remember it."  
(Antoine de Saint Exupéry)

"A new baby is like the beginning of all things--wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."  
(Eda J. Le Shan)

"Children are a heritage
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth."
(Psalm 127)