Archives - June 2017

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.

People's fates are simplified by their names.

A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.

To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.

When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.

In our busy 21st century life the one commodity that seems to be going extinct is time and we forget that healing takes time.

Clutter is found in so many shapes and sizes. We can find it on our kitchen tables, under our beds, in our cars, and in our heads.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

There isn't a child who hasn't gone out into the brave new world who eventually doesn't return to the old homestead carrying a bundle of dirty clothes.

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments --- and you get the tears at the end, too.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.

There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.

It often requires more courage to read some books than it does to fight a battle.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves --- there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

A heart full of joy is better than a hand full of coins.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

Wednesdays are like Mondays in the middle of the week!

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.