Forgiveness

"Forgiveness is giving up on hope that the past did not happen" - Oprah

I am the decisive element

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate; my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de escalated, and whether a person is humanized or de-humanized." - Goethe 

Give

‎"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill

Happiest

"The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have." - Anonymous 

Truth and Beauty

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." - Albert Einstein

New beginning

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." - Maria Robinson 

Defeat

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits." - Richard M. Nixon 

Hope

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them." - Louisa May Alcott 

Happiest

"Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others."- Denis Diderot 

Courage

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? "- Vincent Van Gogh 

Truth

"Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time." - Mohandas Gandhi 

Thoughts

"You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely." - Roald Dahl

Load

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." - Lena Horne 

I believe in singing

"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed." - Mary Oliver 

Gratitude

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings." - William Arthur Ward

Self

"A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself." - Louis L'Amour 

Joy

"When joy has a reason, it is not going to last long. 

But when joy is without any reason, it is going to be there forever." - Osho

Laugh

"A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing." - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Examples

"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." - Albert Einstein

Shadows

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will 

fall behind you." - Walt Whitman 

Love

"Out of love and care for yourself, send your love and compassion to your hurt, then forgive. It is the door to your freedom." - David McArthur and Bruce McArthur, The Intelligent Heart

Optimism

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -  Helen Keller

Cheerful and Happy

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." - Martha Washington

Paths

"Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use." - Carlos Castaneda

Today

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale Carnegie

Happy People

"The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." - Author Unknown

You

"It’s not what you call me, but what I answer to." - African Proverb

Gratitude

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

- Lionel Hampton

happiness

"Young souls learn accept to responsibility for their actions. 

Mature souls learn to accept responsibility for their thoughts. 

And old souls learn to accept responsibility for their happiness."

 - Mike Dooley, 

Enjoyment

"Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity." - Paul Goodman

Smile

"Let my soul smile through my heart and let my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter Thy rich smiles in sad hearts." - Paramhansa Yogananda 

Humor

"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." - Mark Twain

Serve

"Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and verb agree to serve...You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. " - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength

"We are like teabags - we don't know our own strength until we are in hot water" - Sister Busche

Choice

"The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action." -  John Dewey 

Improve

"Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound." - James Allen

Success

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Edmund Hillary

Heaven on Earth

"Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth." - Souza

Harmony

‎"He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the world." - Marcus Aurelius

Difference

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." - William James