"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it, If you can dream it, you can become it." William Arthur Ward

"Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing in." Katherine Mansfield

"Contentment comes not from getting what you want, but from enjoying what you have." anonymous

"A good conscience makes a soft pillow." German proverb

"Consider that this day will never dawn again." Dante

"Observe good faith and justice toward all Nations. Cultivate Peace and Harmony with all." George Washington

"The one thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt

THE GOODNESS OF A HOME is not dependent on wealth, or spaciouness, or beauty, or luxury. Everything depends on the Mother. G.W. Russell

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers." Alice Walker

The last 4 letters in AMERICAN spell "I CAN." ~~~~~~ Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like weeds, rumors grow without cultivation and soon take over if they are not eradicated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Troubles generally go where they are invited. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The shortest route often has the steepest hills. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The time to pray is not when we are in a jam, but when we get out of it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adversity is just one more way to measure the greatness of an individual. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greatness goes where there is no path and leaves a trail. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What you do is more revealing than anything you might say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You've got to get up with determination if you are going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best preparation for tomorrow is proper use of today. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` HONESTY AND INTEGRITY ARE BEST TAUGHT BY EXAMPLE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blessed are those who give without remembering and recieve without forgetting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a big difference between free speech and cheap talk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Children need your presence more than your presents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope is the power that gives a person confidence to try. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obstacles are the things we see when we lose sight of our goals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Good character~~like good soup~~~is usually homemade. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taken from the Country Planner

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." St. Augustine

"Truce is better than friction." Charles Herguth

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved." Charles Kettering