“Let not fate tarry on you. Seize it before it carries you.”

“The Dream I Dream For You, My Child…I hope you search for four-leaf clovers,grin back at Cheshire moons,breathe in the springtime breezes,and dance with summer loons.I hope you gaze in wide-eyed wonderat the buzzing fireflyand rest beneath the sunlit treesas butterflies fly by.I hope you gather simple treasuresof pebbles, twigs, and leavesand marvel at the fragile webthe tiny spider weaves.I hope you read poetry and fairy talesand sing silly, made-up songs,and pretend to be a superherorighting this world’s wrongs.I hope your days are filled with magicand your nights with happy dreams,and you grow up knowing that happiness is found in simple things.The dream I dream for you, my child,as you discover, learn, and grow,is that you find these simple joyswherever in life you go.”

“We were full of dreams and it was with impatient hearts that we imagined the joys and adventures life held in store for us.”

“…happiness isn’t something you should take for granted. It should be savored, because you don’t know what tomorrow will bring.”

“Don’t live in the past. Enjoy the present moment and think of future. And happiness will follow you.”

“To abandon the past is to throw away all of the elements that will build my future. And that creates a landfill I can’t afford to fill.”

“Today’s applications will become tomorrow’s implications and complications. So watch your actions, reactions, associations and communications.”

“You have to appreciate where you have come from to know who you are in the present and whom you would like to be in the future.”

“And maybe life isn’t as hard as it seems to beEvery day could be a mess , but darling, you seeOne of the few places you will always find peaceOwes its breeze to the constant chaos in the sea…”

“Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.”

“It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.”

“Times of terror and the deepest misery may arrive, but if there is to be any happiness in this misery it can only be a spiritual happiness, related to the past in the rescue of the culture of early ages and to the future in a serene and indefatigable championship of the spirit in a time which would otherwise completely swallow up the material.”

“Creating a better futureRequires creativity in the present.”