Humble

“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.” - Mother Teresa -

Task

No task is too big when done together by all. - a Hawaiian proverb -

Future

"The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land."  - Abraham Lincoln -

Life

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all these."  - George Washington Carver -

Do

"Doesn't matter what you do, or how you do it, your neighbors are going to talk about you anyway."  - Felder Rushing -

Unexamined

"The unexamined life is not worth living."  - Plato -

Good

"Whatever you are, be a good one."  - Abraham Lincoln -

Breakthrough

"You have to take what people think is wrong or even foolish and make the breakthroughs of tomorrow." – John Kheir, MD -

Success

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill -

Goal

"We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal."  - Robert Brault -

Childhood

"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."  - Elizabeth Lawrence -

Community

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm."  - Henrik Ibsen -

Command

"An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions."  - Napoleon Bonaparte -

Indispensable

"If you feel that you are indispensable, put your fingers in a glass of water, withdraw it, and note the hole you have left."  - Author unknown -

Failure

"Develop success from failures.  Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." - Dale Carnegie -

Experience

"Experience is pure gold. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want."  - Ann Landers -

Gift back

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."  - Leo Buscaglia -

Light

"The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side."  - G. K. Chesterton -

Unexplainable

"What is there beyond knowing that keeps

calling to me?  I can't

 

turn in any direction

but it's there.  I don't mean

 

the leaves' grip and shine or even the thrush's

silk song, but the far-off

 

fires, for example,

of the stars, heaven's slowly turning

 

theater of light, or the wind

playful with its breath;

 

or time that's always rushing forward,

or standing still

 

in the same — what shall I say –

moment.

What I know

I could put into a pack

 

as if it were bread and cheese, and carry it

on one shoulder,

 

important and honorable, but so small!

While everything else continues, unexplained

 

and unexplainable.

 

….mostly I just stand in the dark field,

in the middle of the world, breathing in and out…

- Mary Oliver from "What is there beyond knowing" -

Mastery

"Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles."  — Robert Greene -