"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. " -G. A.

"No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness."-Alan Alda



"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."
-Elizabeth Kubler-Ross



"Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable."-Shaw



"Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife."-Kahlil Gibran


"'Come to the edge,' He said. They said, 'We are afraid.' 'Come to the edge,' He said. They came. He pushed...they flew."



"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." -Holmes



"Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world." -Joel Barker



"If you sit down at set of sun And count the acts that you have done, And counting find One self-denying deed, one word That eased the heart of him who heard; One glance most kind That fell like sunshine where it went- Then you may count that day well spent." -George Eliot