"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." ~E.B. White

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there within me lay an invincible summer."

~Albert Campus

"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." ~H. Jackson Browne

For Dana...

"Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before." ~James Buckham

"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity." ~Pubililus Syrus

"Winter is in my head, but eternal spring is in my heart." ~Victor Hugo

"Renew your passions daily." ~Abbe Yeux-Verdi

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~ H.H the 14th Dalai Lama

"Beauty and Grace command the world." ~Park Benjamin

"Never trouble another for what you can do yourself." ~Thomas Jefferson

"Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they have taught you." ~Herbert Gasser

"When you come to a roadblock, take a detour." ~Mary Kay Ash

"Ambition can creep as well as soar." ~Edmund Burke

"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures." ~H. Jackson Browne

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself." ~Mark Twain

"We will not tire. We will not falter, and we will not fail." ~George W. Bush

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." ~Malcolm X

"In all things of nature, there is something of the marvleous." ~Aristotle

"You cant separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom." ~ Malcolm X