Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. ~ Kahlil Gibran

You can not change the people around you. But you can change the people that you choose to be around.

"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." by John Wooden

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal. ~ Astrid Alauda

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ~ Charles W Eliot 1834

"If you want to be the best baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else." Sammy Davis Jr, Enterainer

You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

Families break up when people take hints you don't intend and miss hints you do intend. ~ Robert Frost

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." by Bill Cosby

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough." Oprah Winfrey, Entrertainer and entrepreneur

Actions speak louder than words. We can apologize over and over, but if our actions don't change, the words become meaningless.

Real friends are always going to be there by your side, even at times when you tell them to leave.

A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. ~ William Styron

Before you speak, listen. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you write, think. Before you quit, try.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. ~ Buddha

When you blame others, you give up your power to change. ~ Dr. Robert Anthony

" He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."Muhammad Ali, Boxing champion

"Every try will not succeed. If your live, your business is trying." John O. Killens, Writer

"God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; head you win, tail, you lose."

Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build. - John D Rockefeller

One important key to succsss is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation." Arthur Ashe, Tennis champion

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." Micheal Jordan, Basketball star

Whether you believe you can do a thing or believe you can't, you are right. ~ Henry Ford

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend. - Albert Camus

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self respect.

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward. ~ Patricia Sampson

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings. ~ Dave Weinbaum

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. ~ Channing Pollock

If you don't believe in miracles, perhaps you've forgotten you are one.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars." Les Brown

"We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. ~ James Thurber

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in. ~ Alan Alda

Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny. ~ Alfred A. Montaper

"No one can figure out your worth but you." Pearl Bailey,

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" - Gandhi

Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets. ~ Nathaniel Bronner Jr.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . ~ Dale Carnegie

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough." Oprah Winfrey

"Never confuse motion with action." by Benjamin Franklin

"You've got to love yourself enough not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others." Cornell West

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Baltasar Gracian

Knowledge is power and power is the key to changings things.- Jill Nelson, Journalist and writer

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. ~ Lynn Johnston

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them. Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action. ~ Walter Anderson

Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love