"An ideal is one thing; living up to it is quite another ... We may be said to have an ideal only when we put forth an effort to realize it. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -Mahatma Gandhi
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm up your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand. -An Old Irish Blessing
"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa
"Thought shall be harder, heart the keener, courage the greater as our might lessens."-Byrhtnoth, 10th-century commander
"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11 (King James Version)
"Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do." - Katherine Paterson, American writer
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles. -Audrey Hepburn
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another." - Desmond Tutu
"Nobody sees a flower, really - it is so small, we haven't time and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time." -G. O'Keeffe
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. -Abigail Van Buren
"I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind...I have told you what I think, and that is all. I shall remain your friend even if you act contrary to my convictions, and I shall help you even if I disagree with you." Milan Kundara
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
-"Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. NO, not the first time, not the second time, and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you'll hit the bull's-eye of success." -Annie Oakley
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him" -John Steinbeck
I Saw A Child
by John Anthony Davies
I saw a child who couldn't walk,
sit on a horse, laugh and talk.
Then ride it through a field of daisies
and yet he could not walk unaided.
I saw a child, no legs below,
sit on a horse, and make it go
through woods of green
and places he had never been
to sit and stare,
except from a chair.
I saw a child who could only crawl
mount a horse and sit up tall
Put it through degrees of paces
and laugh at the wonder in our faces
I saw a child born into strife,
Take up and hold the reins of life
and that same child was heard to say,
Thank God for showing me the way.
by John Anthony Davies
I saw a child who couldn't walk,
sit on a horse, laugh and talk.
Then ride it through a field of daisies
and yet he could not walk unaided.
I saw a child, no legs below,
sit on a horse, and make it go
through woods of green
and places he had never been
to sit and stare,
except from a chair.
I saw a child who could only crawl
mount a horse and sit up tall
Put it through degrees of paces
and laugh at the wonder in our faces
I saw a child born into strife,
Take up and hold the reins of life
and that same child was heard to say,
Thank God for showing me the way.
