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“One of the great ironies of life is this: he or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.”

—Gordon B. Hinckley (1910-2008)

“To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.”

—George Washington (1732-1799)

“Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu, 

When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling too.”

—Karen McLendon-Laumann 

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.”

—Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
English Essayist, Poet, Playwright And Politician.

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ”

—Jim Ryun (born 1947)
Athlete

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

—George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

“Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”

—Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

“Trust is the glue of life. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”

—Stephen R. Covey (born 1932)

“The value of life is not based on how long we live, but how much we contribute to others in our society.” —Buddha “To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. ” —Mark Twain (1835-1910)

“It is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.”

—Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”

—Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ”

—Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

—Moliere (1622-1673)
French Playwright, Actor

“Happiness, not in another place, but this place not for another hour, but for this hour.”

—Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Happiness for the hour

Paige and Rowan

Learned to skate.

Happiness for the next hour

when Paige and Rowan

Enjoyed the hot tub with the other cousins.

Happiness for the same hour

when Paige and Rowan

Stepped out of the bathroom

In red towels

And Paige announced

They had just taken a shower!!!

Happy for the

Innocense of babes!!

Fold

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

—Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

“I don't dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number.” —Nola Ochs (born 1911) World's Oldest College Graduate Fall in love with the problem-not the solution! “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

“Caring about the happiness of others, we find our own.”

—Plato (428-348)

“Although the world is full of suffering, it's full also of the overcoming it.”

—Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. ” —Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Naturalist, Author, Philosopher “The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” —Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) “Happiness, not in another place, but this place not for another hour, but for this hour.” —Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

No beginning too small

It all begins with daring...

An Act of Kindness

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

—Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)