"INSPIRATION"
"If you forget why you are here, just ask the angel sitting on your shoulder."
Copyright © 2004 Daniel Yovich
"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."
Helen Keller
"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."
Buddha
"Everybody has something special inside of them; sometimes we need someone or something to happen for us to know. It only takes one person to say thank you, or one person to say that you've made a difference for that special thing to come out. Anybody can be a hero, if you listen to someone else in their time of need, you are a hero. There's no set definition of a hero, anybody can be one by being a selfless, wonderful friend."
Written in 2004 by Y. L., Age 18 --- Texas
"Put a great big smile on your face every morning and always remember, there is a PURPOSE."
Copyright © 2004 Cheryl A. Cioppa
"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
Charles Dickens
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."
Proverbs --- Submitted by B.J., Age 16
This quote is very significant because although we have a million plans about things in our lives, God'spurpose for our lives prevail.
"When we come to the last moment of this lifetime, and we look back across it, the only thing that's going to matter is 'What was the quality of our love?'"
Richard Bach
"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."
Albert Schweitzer
"You are the commander of your own destiny."
Copyright © 2004 Grace Teng
"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ''I'm with you kid. Let's go.''"
Maya Angelou
"Always look at what you have left and what is left to come. Never look at what you have lost."
Robert H. Schuller
"Why is life hard? Why is life sometimes unbearable to live? Why is it, when something bad happens to us, instead of saying, "God thank you for letting us live", we say, "How could you let this happen?" Maybe we should be a little more thankful for what we have and the good things that happen, instead of what we don't have and the bad things."
Copyright © 2004 Christopher Thomas Insall
Sometimes when we pray, we only pray for the things that we need help with. Instead, I say, we might pray for the things God has done for us; like breath, life, family, the sky and anything that is of meaning to us. I'm just a kid, but this is what I think.
"Gratitude is riches, complaining is poverty. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right."
Zachary Fisher
"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."
James Russell Lowell
"Nothing should be prized more highly than the value of each day."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Rachael B., Age 18 --- Ohio
So much can happen in a single day...you can touch someone's life in a way you'll never know; or that day might be your last. Value each and every day.
"In order to experience real magic it is necessary to make a dramatic shift from outcome to purpose."
Wayne Dyer
"I'm not happy. I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them."
Beverly Sills
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway."
John Wayne --- Submitted by Tyler Ware
"Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Self worth comes from one thing, a belief that you are worthy."
Wayne Dyer
"When I do my best, God does the rest."
Written in 2004 by Owita Lewis
This quote is a life lesson for me.
"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die."
G. K. Chesterton
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."
Dag Hammarskjold