Quote for the day

[Ava]

“ No bird soars too high, if he soars on his own wings. ”--— William Blake

 

[Esmeralda]

"Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so." ~ Doris Lessing

 

[Esmeralda]

"It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important." ~ Doris Lessing

 

[Ropey]

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. - Unknown

 

[Ava]

“ There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies and that is fighting without them.. ” — Winston Churchill

 

[Esmeralda]

"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." ~ Thomas Jefferson

 

[Esmeralda]

"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." ~ Robert Frost

 

[Esmeralda]

"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?" ~ Albert Camus

 

[Ava]

Love has the power to make you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion. --- Mirabeau

 

[Ava]

“ The palest ink is better than the best memory. ” — Chinese Proverb

 

[williepete]

 

[Mertex]

Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts.
-- Author Unknown

 

[Mertex]

 

[williepete]

Families are like fudge... mostly sweet with a few nuts.
-- Author Unknown

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Some Words of Wisdom to Make You Think?

 

[Esmeralda]

"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death."
-Leonardo da Vinci

 

[Esmeralda]

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[Esmeralda]

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin

 

[Esmeralda]

"I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could." - Orson Welles

 

[Esmeralda]

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