May this Valentine's Day be filled with love, understanding, and contentment as you journey through life with those you hold dear ~ Darly Henerson

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been The foresight to know where you are going And the insight to know when you have gone too far. ~ Irish Blessing

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. ~ Dale Carnegie

When you want something in life, you have to focus." Roslyn McMillan,

"The world itself is a great teacher, a constant guide and inspiration. That is the reason why man is surrounded and sustained by the world." By Sathya Baba

"The world itself is a great teacher, a constant guide and inspiration. That is the reason why man is surrounded and sustained by the world." By Sathya Baba

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do. By Dale Carnegie

"Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy." By Author unknown

"... it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."Barack Obama

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. ~ Francis Bacon

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. By Martin Luther King Jr.

Adjustment with right people is always better than Argument with the wrong people. A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words..

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life. by Pete Rose

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

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs ~ William Howard Stein

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

One important key to succsss is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Arthur Ashe

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. Micheal Jordan

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.-Betty Shabazz

Hard work gives life meaning. Everyone needs to work hard at something to feel good about themselves. Every job can be done well and every day has its satisfactions. Osceola McCarty

Don't Limit Your Challenges, Challenge Your Limits

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. Jackie Joyner Kersee

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there. John H. Johnson

Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determination. ~ Unknown

Don't Allow People To Bring You Down. If people are trying to bring you down. It only means that you are above them.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you. ~ William Arthur

...the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others." Martin Luther King Jr

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. ~ James Allen

Never hate those people who are jealous of you but respect their jealousy because they are the ones who think that you are better than them.

"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, Philosopher and educator

"This is my life. It is my one time to be me. I want to experience every good thing." Maya Angelou, Writer and entertainer

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. ~ Frank Crane

You don't have to wait for a new year to better yourself. Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today

A life is not important expect in the impact it has on other lives." Jackie Robinson, Baseball champion

"Ability is nothing without opportunity." by Napoleon Bonaparte

Dream the impossible, seek the unknown, and achieve greatness.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. ~ Hamilton Wright Mabi

Five Simple Rules For Happiness. 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~ George Lorimer

"Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is goig to want and have the best and that might as well be you."Booker T. Washington, Educator

"I remember a very import lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve or thirteen. He said, "You know today I welded a perfect seam and I signed my name to it." And I said, "But Daddy no one's going to see it!" And he said, "Yeah, I know it's there. " " Toni Morrison, Writer and Nobel Prize winner

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. ~ William Jennings Bryan

Don't write your name on sand, waves well wash it away. Don't write your name in the sky, wind may blow it away. Write your name in the hearts of people you come in touch with. That's where it will stay.

A minute's success pays the failure of years. Robert Browning

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. ~ Robert Kiyosaki

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. ~ Denis Waitley

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ~ George E. Woodberry