Lord, help us to do better in the future than we have done in the past. Dea. Lawrence Davis

There are two ways of spreading light:  to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it Edith Wharton

Win without boasting.  Lose without excuse Albert Payson Terhune

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1

Beware the fury of a patient man. John Dryden Absalom and Achitophel Pt. 1

Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand. Unknown

A winner is a person who asks questions and listens to the answers; a loser never listens.  A person can run away from his troubles just as easily as he can run away from his shadow. Unknown

Challenge your own mind -- stretch and exercise it like any other part of your body. Unknown

Don't be content with being average.  Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. Unknown

Everyone is allowed an occasional failure --except the skydiver, of course. Unknown

Excuses are the tools with which persons with no purpose in view build for themselves great monuments of nothing. Unknown

Habit is like a soft bed, easy to get into but hard to get out of. Unknown

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble, but pride is what keeps us there. Unknown

The greatest mistake you can make is to be constantly fearful you will make one. Unknown

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. Unknown

A good example is a lesson anyone can read. Unknown

Our nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you ever thought you were too small to be effective, then you have never been to bed with a mosquito. Anita Roddick

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness. Lao-Tse

The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Ghandi

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. Andre Gide

Hate can only flourish where love is absent. William C. Menninger

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly Voltaire

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. John Cassis

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. Oliver Goldsmith

There is nothing so lovely and enduring in the regions which surround us, above and below, as the lasting peace of a mind centered in God. Yoga Vasishtha

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind.  The time is always right to do what is right. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Gratitude is the heart's memory. French Proverb

What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul?

Time discovered truth Seneca

A Leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. John C. Maxwell

Real knolwledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius

Never confuse motion with action. Ernest Hemmingway

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.  Who looks outside, dreams.  Who looks inside, awakens Carl Jung

The mediocre teacher tells.  The good teacher explains.  The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward

It is common sense to take a method and try it.  If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.  But above all, try something. Franklin D. Roosevelt

You are no more save than you are obedient unknown