Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke


Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr

To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning. ~John W. Gardner

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. ~Author Unknown

Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. ~Janis Joplin

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. ~Leo Buscaglia

Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important. ~Carl Reiner

People change and forget to tell each other. ~Lillian Hellman